Hedera caucasigena
Details Top
| Internal ID | UUID64403dda0024b884911125 |
| Scientific name | Hedera caucasigena |
| Authority | Pojark. |
| First published in | Fl. URSS 16: 587 (1950) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
- Ornamental vine cultivated for landscaping; nursery stock, container‑grown plants, rooted cuttings, and plug trays are sold to garden centers, landscape architects, and public‑works projects. Horticultural databases (e.g., Plants for a Future, RHS Plant Finder) list Hedera caucasigena as a hardy evergreen climber suitable for garden borders, groundcover, and vertical garden installations. Commercial growers produce potted plants for retail, and cut foliage is marketed as a year‑round green filler in floristry. The species is also employed for erosion control, living fences, and topiary, where its vigorous, trailing growth can be shaped by pruning.
Properties relevant to use:
- Evergreen foliage provides year‑round visual cover.
- Vining habit with aerial rootlets allows the plant to adhere to walls, trellises, and other supports, facilitating use on building facades, living walls, and trellised fences.
- Leaves are thick, leathery, dark‑green, and palmately lobed, producing a dense canopy that offers privacy and shade.
- The species is adapted to the temperate climate of its native Caucasus range and tolerates the cool winters characteristic of that area.
- Propagation by cuttings is straightforward under mist propagation, and the plant tolerates regular pruning, enabling the formation of topiary shapes, hedges, and controlled groundcovers.
Sustainability and sourcing:
- H. caucasigena is propagated in commercial nurseries within its native Caucasus region and in temperate horticulture zones, reducing pressure on wild populations.
- Propagation by vegetative cuttings maintains genetic consistency, and nursery operations commonly employ sustainable water management, integrated pest‑control practices, and responsible substrate use to limit environmental impact.
- Regional sourcing minimizes transport distances and supports local horticultural economies.
Standards and regulation:
- As an ornamental plant traded within the European Union, H. caucasigena is subject to the EU Plant Passport system, which requires phytosanitary certification and traceability for intra‑EU movement.
- Import and export to non‑EU countries are governed by the phytosanitary regulations of the destination nation, typically requiring a plant health certificate issued by the exporting authority.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Hedera helix subsp. caucasigena | (Pojark.) Takht. & Ya.I. Mulk. | Fl. Armen. 6: 251 (1973) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
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| Azerbaijani | qafqaz sarmaşığı |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Asia-temperate click to expand
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Caucasus
- North Caucasus
- Transcaucasus
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Western Asia
- Lebanon-Syria
- Palestine
- Turkey
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Caucasus
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000979667 |
| USDA Plants | HECA31 |
| Tropicos | 2200813 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90672-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-96600 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 402601 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 1077345 |
| IPNI | 90672-1 |
| iNaturalist | 876364 |
| GBIF | 3036164 |
| EOL | 1143007 |
| USDA GRIN | 18550 |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Scientific Literature Top
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| Triterpene glycosides fromHedera caucasignena leaves | V. I. Grishkovets | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | 21-Oct-2005 |
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| First Nuclear DNA Amounts in more than 300 Angiosperms | ZONNEVELD BJ, LEITCH IJ, BENNETT MD | Ann Bot | 19-May-2005 |
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| Triterpene glycosides ofHedera caucasigena | G. E. Dekanosidze, T. A. Pkheidze, É. P. Kemertelidze | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | 20-Nov-2004 |
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| Kalopanax saponin B fromHedera caucasigena | G. E. Dekanosidze, T. T. Gorovits, T. A. Pkheidze, É. P. Kemertelidze | Springer Science and Business Media LLC | 20-Nov-2004 |
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Phytochemical Profile Top
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Collections Top
| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |