Viburnum plicatum is a deciduous shrub with pleated leaves, native to mainland China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. It produces flat corymbs of flowers, with a central cluster of fertile yellowish-white flowers surrounded by showy, sterile flowers. The plant is popular for ornamental purposes, with cultivars selected for their large, sterile flowers resembling snowballs. Some cultivars have received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Viburnum plicatum var. dilatatum	Lindl.
Viburnum tomentosum var. rotundifolium	Rehder
Viburnum plicatum f. rotundifolium	(Rehder) Rehder
Viburnum tomentosum var. plenum	(Miq.) Rehder
Viburnum tomentosum f. rotundifolium	(Rehder) Rehder
Viburnum tomentosum var. sterile	K.Koch
Viburnum tomentosum f. sterile	(K.Koch) Zabel	Hort. Dendrol. 301 1853
Viburnum plicatum var. plenum	Miq.	Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 266 1866
Viburnum tomentosum var. plicatum	(Thunb.) Maxim.	Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Petersbourg 26(3): 486–487 1880
Viburnum tomentosum f. plenum	(Miq.) Rehder	Trees & Shrubs 2(2): 108 1908
Viburnum plicatum f. watanabei	(Honda) H.Hara	Ginkgoana 5: 229. 1983
Viburnum plicatum subsp. glabrum	(Koidz. ex Nakai) Kitam.	Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 25(2-3): 33. 1972 [25 Jul 1972]

Common names Top

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	japanese snowball
Czech	kalina řasnatá
Persian	گل برف ژاپنی
Persian	گلولهٔ برفی ژاپنی
Persian	ویبورنوم پلیکاتوم
Persian	گلوله برفی ژاپنی
Japanese	藪手毬
Japanese	ヤブデマリ
Chinese	蝴蝶树
Chinese	粉团
Chinese	雪球荚蒾
Chinese	粉團

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Viburnum plicatum var. formosanum	Y.C.Liu & C.H.Ou	Quart. J. Chin. Forest. 12: 136 (1979)
Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum	Miq.	Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 266 1866

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Forms (abbr. f.) Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct

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- Native

Asia-temperate click to expand
- China
  - China North-central
  - China South-central
  - China Southeast
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan
  - Taiwan

Northern America click to expand
- North-central U.S.A.
  - Illinois
- Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut
  - Massachusetts
  - Michigan
  - New Jersey
  - New York
  - Ohio
  - Pennsylvania
- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Oregon
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Delaware
  - District Of Columbia

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0001290683
USDA Plants	VIPL
Tropicos	6000184
INPN	129089
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149876-1
The Plant List	tro-6000184
Missouri Botanical Garden	278960
Open Tree Of Life	1064635
NCBI Taxonomy	179996
Nature Serve	2.137141
IPNI	149876-1
iNaturalist	170203
GBIF	2888622
Freebase	/m/03cm23m
EPPO	VIBPL
EOL	488689
USDA GRIN	41404
Wikipedia	Viburnum_plicatum

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Commodity risk assessment of Corylus avellana plants from the UK

Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P

EFSA J

12-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10784871
doi:	10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8495
PMID:	38222930

Improving Phage-Biofilm In Vitro Experimentation

Abedon ST, Danis-Wlodarczyk KM, Wozniak DJ, Sullivan MB

Viruses

19-Jun-2021

PMCID:	PMC8234374
doi:	10.3390/v13061175
PMID:	34205417

Pathogenicity and Host Range of Pythium kashmirense—A Soil-Borne Oomycete Recently Discovered in the UK

Benavent-Celma C, Puertolas A, McLaggan D, van West P, Woodward S

J Fungi (Basel)

12-Jun-2021

PMCID:	PMC8231611
doi:	10.3390/jof7060479
PMID:	34204817

Application of Real-Time PCR for the Detection and Quantification of Oomycetes in Ornamental Nursery Stock

Puertolas A, Bonants PJ, Boa E, Woodward S

J Fungi (Basel)

27-Jan-2021

PMCID:	PMC7911672
doi:	10.3390/jof7020087
PMID:	33513806

Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Erysiphe lonicerae complex (Helotiales, Erysiphaceae) on Lonicera spp.

Bradshaw M, Braun U, Götz M, Takamatsu S

Fungal Syst Evol

26-Nov-2020

PMCID:	PMC8165964
doi:	10.3114/fuse.2021.07.03
PMID:	34124617

A comprehensive dataset on cultivated and spontaneously growing vascular plants in urban gardens

Frey D, Moretti M

Data Brief

23-May-2019

PMCID:	PMC6545399
doi:	10.1016/j.dib.2019.103982
PMID:	31194048

Identification and comparative analysis of the CIPK gene family and characterization of the cold stress response in the woody plant Prunus mume

Li P, Zheng T, Li L, Zhuo X, Jiang L, Wang J, Cheng T, Zhang Q

PeerJ

30-Apr-2019

PMCID:	PMC6499057
doi:	10.7717/peerj.6847
PMID:	31106064

Novel Traits, Flower Symmetry, and Transcriptional Autoregulation: New Hypotheses From Bioinformatic and Experimental Data

Sengupta A, Hileman LC

Front Plant Sci

26-Oct-2018

PMCID:	PMC6212560
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2018.01561
PMID:	30416508

Cercosporoid fungi (Mycosphaerellaceae) 4. Species on dicots (Acanthaceae to Amaranthaceae)

Braun U, Crous PW, Nakashima C

IMA Fungus

10-Nov-2015

PMCID:	PMC4681261
doi:	10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.02.09
PMID:	26734548

Phytophagous Insects on Native and Non-Native Host Plants: Combining the Community Approach and the Biogeographical Approach

Meijer K, Zemel H, Chiba S, Smit C, Beukeboom LW, Schilthuizen M

PLoS One

08-May-2015

PMCID:	PMC4425698
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0125607
PMID:	25955254

Diversification of CYCLOIDEA expression in the evolution of bilateral flower symmetry in Caprifoliaceae and Lonicera (Dipsacales)

Howarth DG, Martins T, Chimney E, Donoghue MJ

Ann Bot

07-Apr-2011

PMCID:	PMC3108805
doi:	10.1093/aob/mcr049
PMID:	21478175

Three New Glycosides from <i>Viburnum plicatum</i><scp>Thunb</scp>. var. <i>tomentosum</i><scp>Miq</scp>.

Koichi Machida, Hitomi Sagawa, Rie Onoguchi, Masao Kikuchi

Wiley

11-Feb-2010

doi:	10.1002/HLCA.200900232

Evolution of fruit and seed characters in the Diervilla and Lonicera clades (Caprifoliaceae, Dipsacales)

Jacobs B, Lens F, Smets E

Ann Bot

05-Jun-2009

PMCID:	PMC2710890
doi:	10.1093/aob/mcp131
PMID:	19502353

In vitro Evaluation of the Antiviral Activity of an Extract of Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Pits on a Pseudomonas Phage

Jassim SA, Naji MA

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med

27-Oct-2007

PMCID:	PMC2816388
doi:	10.1093/ecam/nem160
PMID:	18955267

Astringent tannins of Viburnum and Hydrangea species

E.C. Bate-Smith

Elsevier BV

25-Jul-2002

doi:	10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94161-X

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides
(2S,3R,4S)-3-ethenyl-4-[2-[(E)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxyethyl]-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-5-carboxylic acid	101495236	Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OCCC1C(C(OC=C1C(=O)O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)C=C	458.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
3-ethenyl-4-[2-(2-methylbut-2-enoyloxy)ethyl]-2-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-5-carboxylic acid	162900802	Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OCCC1C(C(OC=C1C(=O)O)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)C=C	458.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
methyl (2S,3R,4S)-3-ethenyl-4-[2-[(E)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxyethyl]-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-5-carboxylate	101495235	Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OCCC1C(C(OC=C1C(=O)OC)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)C=C	472.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
methyl 3-ethenyl-4-[2-(2-methylbut-2-enoyloxy)ethyl]-2-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-5-carboxylate	162842470	Click to see CC=C(C)C(=O)OCCC1C(C(OC=C1C(=O)OC)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O)C=C	472.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Saccharolipids
[2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]methyl 2-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2S)-2-methylbutanoyl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-6-hydroxybenzoate	102420624	Click to see CCC(C)C(=O)OC1C(C(OC(C1O)OC2=CC=CC(=C2C(=O)OCC3=CC=CC=C3OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)CO)O	668.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
[2-[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyphenyl]methyl 2-[3,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-(2-methylbutanoyloxy)oxan-2-yl]oxy-6-hydroxybenzoate	163076440	Click to see CCC(C)C(=O)OC1C(C(OC(C1O)OC2=CC=CC(=C2C(=O)OCC3=CC=CC=C3OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O)CO)O	668.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / O-glycosyl compounds
(S)-alpha-Terpinyl glucoside	13325862	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(C)(C)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O	316.39	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
beta-D-Glucopyranoside, 1-methyl-1-[(1R)-4-methyl-3-cyclohexen-1-yl]ethyl	21603514	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(C)(C)OC2C(C(C(C(O2)CO)O)O)O	316.39	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / 2-arylbenzofuran flavonoids
(7'R,8'R)-4,7'-Epoxy-3',5-dimethoxy-4',9,9'-lignanetriol 9'-glucoside	14558383	Click to see COC1=CC(=CC2=C1OC(C2COC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)OC)CCCO	522.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
(7R,8S)-dihydrodehydrodiconiferyl alcohol 9-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside	44577121	Click to see COC1=CC(=CC2=C1OC(C2COC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)OC)CCCO	522.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
3-(beta-d-Glucopyranosyloxymethyl)-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-5-(3-hydroxypropyl)-7-methoxy-(2r,3s)-dihydrobenzofuran	10098244	Click to see COC1=CC(=CC2=C1OC(C2COC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)C4=CC(=C(C=C4)O)OC)CCCO	522.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones
Luteolin	5280445	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=CC(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)O	286.24	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94161-X
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols
Quercetin	5280343	Click to see C1=CC(=C(C=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)O)O)O	302.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)94161-X
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one	162995346	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	610.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one	162951775	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	594.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
5,7-Dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one	12313332	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	594.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
Kaempferol-3-O-rutinoside	5318767	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	594.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
Rutin	5280805	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	610.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232
Vitamin P	5293655	Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OCC2C(C(C(C(O2)OC3=C(OC4=CC(=CC(=C4C3=O)O)O)C5=CC(=C(C=C5)O)O)O)O)O)O)O)O	610.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1002/HLCA.200900232

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Viburnum plicatum

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