Cornus obliqua

Cornus obliqua, the blue-fruited dogwood, silky dogwood, or pale dogwood, is a flowering shrub of eastern North America in the dogwood family, Cornaceae.[1][2][3] It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Cornus amomum, which is also known as silky dogwood.[4][5] It was first described in 1820 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque.[6] It is in the subgenus Kraniopsis.[7]

Cornus obliqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Cornales
Family:	Cornaceae
Genus:	Cornus
Subgenus:	Cornus subg. Kraniopsis
Species:	C. obliqua
Binomial name
Cornus obliqua Raf.
Synonyms
Cornus amomum subsp. obliqua (Raf.) J.S.Wilson Cornus purpusii Koehne Swida obliqua (Raf.) Moldenke Swida purpusii (Koehne) Soják Thelycrania purpusii (Koehne) Pojark.

References

1. Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences.
2. Murrell, Zack E.; Poindexter, Derick B. (2002). "Cornus obliqua". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 23. New York and Oxford. Retrieved 18 January 2019 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
3. "Cornus obliqua". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
4. "Cornus obliqua". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
5. "Cornus amomum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
6. "Cornus obliqua". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
7. Zhiang, Qiu-Yun; Thomas, David T.; Zhang, Wenheng; Manchester, Steven R.; Murrell, Zack (2006). "Species level phylogeny of the genus Cornus (Cornaceae) based on molecular and morphological evidence—implications for taxonomy and Tertiary intercontinental migration". Taxon. 55 (1).