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June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Spiraea L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 489 (1753)

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000036101.

Literature

Sp. Pl. 1: 489. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Spiraea

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Awayus	Raf.	Sylva Tellur. : 151 (1838)	wfo-4000003782
Drimopogon	(Raf.) B.D.Jacks.	Index Kew. 1: 799 (1893)	wfo-4000012581
Eleiosina	Raf.	Sylva Tellur. : 150 (1838)	wfo-4000013166
Spirea	Pall.	Reise Russ. Reich. 2(2 Anh.): 739 (1773)	wfo-4000036113
Rhodalix	Raf.	Specchio Sci. 1: 156 (1814)	wfo-4100001159
Spiraia	Raf.	New Fl. 3: 62 (1838)	wfo-4100001174
Chamedrys	Raf.	Actes Soc. Linn. Bordeaux 6: 265 (1834)	wfo-4100003569

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Spiraea:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Spiraea acuta	hort. ex Lavallée	Énum. Arbres 81, nomen. 1877		wfo-0000989219
Spiraea acutifolia	hort.	–	—	wfo-0001005935
Spiraea adiantifolia	hort.	–	—	wfo-0001005939
Spiraea aemiliana subsp. stevenii	(C.K.Schneid.) Vorosch.	in A.K. Skvortsov (ed.), Florist. issl. v razn. raĭonakh SSSR 175 (1985):.		wfo-0001369207
Spiraea aemula	Zabel ex Koehne	Deut. Dendrol. : 219 (1893)		wfo-0000989221
Spiraea ajanensis	(C.K.Schneid.) Tzvelev	Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 40: 80. 2009 [2008 publ. 30 Mar 2009]		wfo-0001356240
Spiraea alba	P.Watson	Dendrol. Brit. 2: t. 133 (1825)	—	wfo-0000988753
Spiraea alba f. rosea	J.W.Moore	Rhodora 52: 57. 1950		wfo-0001324751
Spiraea alba var. latifolia	(Aiton) B.Boivin	Naturaliste Canad. 93(4): 437. 1966 [Aug ? 1966]		wfo-0001400259
Spiraea alba var. latifolia	(Aiton) F.Seym.	Fl. New England ed. 2, 306. 1982		wfo-0001397257
Spiraea alba var. latifolia	(Aiton) H.E.Ahles	J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 172. 1964		wfo-0001397258
Spiraea alpestris	G.Don	Gen. Hist. 2: 519 (1832)		wfo-0000989224
Spiraea alpina	Korsh.	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 12: 333 (1893)	—	wfo-0001006813
Spiraea alpina	hort.Paris.	–	—	wfo-0001005982
Spiraea americana	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel] 805. 1821		wfo-0000989228
Spiraea angustiloba	Turcz.	Flora baicalensis-dahurica ; 1842 XIX 1857	—	wfo-0001006957
Spiraea aquilegiifolia var. vanhouttei	Briot	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 15: 269 (1866)		wfo-0000985765
Spiraea argentea	Benth.	Pl. Hartw. : 82 (1841)		wfo-0000989232
Spiraea argentea	W.H.Baxter	Hort. Brit. , Suppl. 2: 674 (1839)	—	wfo-1000060773
Spiraea argentea	W.H.Baxter ex Loudon	Hort. Brit. [Loudon], ed. 3. 674. 1839 ; second additional supplement (cited in IK as 'Hort. Brit. Suppl. ii.')		wfo-0000989234
Spiraea ariaefolia	Sm.	The Cyclopedia ; 1802 Spiraea no.16 1816	—	wfo-0000987746
Spiraea aruncus	Ledeb.	Flora rossica ; 1841 16 1844	—	wfo-0001006821
Spiraea aruncus	Thunb.	Fl. Jap. (Thunberg) 211. 1784 [Aug 1784]		wfo-0000989238
Spiraea barbata	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 705. 1829		wfo-0000989241
Spiraea barbata	Wall. ex Cambess.	Voy. Inde 4: 49 (1844)		wfo-0001018055
Spiraea beauverdiana	Hultén	Fl. Kamtchatka 3: 38 (1929)	—	wfo-1000060776
Spiraea beauverdiana	Hult‚n	Flora of Kamtchatka and the adjacent islands ; 1927 38 1929	—	wfo-0001006810
Spiraea bellardii	hort.	–	—	wfo-0001010409
Spiraea bernhardii	Zabel	Strauch. Spiräen : 67 (1893)		wfo-0000989244
Spiraea besseriana	Sweet	Hort. Brit. , ed. 2: 194 (1830)		wfo-0000989245
Spiraea betulaefolia	P.Watson	Dendrologia britannica ; 1823 t.67 1823	—	wfo-0000989247
Spiraea betulaefolia	hort.Sanss. ex Petz. & G.Kirchn.	Arboretum muscaviense ; 1864 210 1864	—	wfo-0001005610
Spiraea betulifolia	Hook.	Flora boreali-americana ; 1829 172 1832	—	wfo-0000988657
Spiraea betulifolia	Pursh	Flora Americae septentrionalis ; 1814 342 1814	—	wfo-0000988650
Spiraea betulifolia f. campii	Fosberg	Virginia J. Sci. 2: 109. 1941		wfo-0001325152
Spiraea betulifolia var. ajanensis	C.K.Schneid.	Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. [C.K.Schneider] 1: 478. 1906 from basionym reference		wfo-0001400118
Spiraea betulifolia var. corymbosa	(Raf.) Voss	Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 245. 1894		wfo-0001015259
Spiraea betulifolia var. shantarica	Tzvelev	Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 40: 80. 2009 [2008 publ. 30 Mar 2009]		wfo-0001400117
Spiraea billardii	Dippel	Handbuch der Laubholzkunde ; 1889 486 1893	—	wfo-0001008126
Spiraea billardii	Hérincq	Hort. Franç. 1855: 3 (1855)		wfo-0001428970
Spiraea billiardii var. macrothyrsa	(Zabel) J.Duvign.	Lejeunia 76: 2 (1975)	—	wfo-1200089683
Spiraea boissieri	C.K.Schneid.	Bull. Herb. Boissier , sér. 2, 5: 341 (1905)		wfo-0000989255
Spiraea brachystachys	Dippel	Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 495 (1893)	—	wfo-0000983362
Spiraea bracteata	Raf.	New Fl. [Rafinesque] iii. 67.	—	wfo-0000989259
Spiraea brevipes	Borbás	Magyar Növényt. Lapok 13: 75 (1890)		wfo-0000989260
Spiraea bumalda f. pruhoniciana	(Kriechb.) Rehder	; 1945 474 1945	—	wfo-0000988636
Spiraea californica	hort.	–	—	wfo-0001005924
Spiraea californica	hort.gall. ex Dippel	Handb. Laubholzk. iii. (1893) 490.		wfo-0000989263
Spiraea canadensis	Fisch. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. 1: 805 (1821)		wfo-0000989265
Spiraea canadensis	Zabel	Strauch. Spiräen : 99 (1893)	—	wfo-0000988756
Spiraea chamaedrifolia	Blume	Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 17: 1114. [Oct 1826-Nov 1827]		wfo-0000988328
Spiraea chamaedrifolia	Cambess.	Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 1: 362. 1824		wfo-0000989270
Spiraea chamaedrifolia	F.Schmidt	Reisen im Amur-Lande, Botanischer Theil ; 1868 38 1868	—	wfo-0001016394
Spiraea chamaedrifolia	Wall.	A numerical list of dried specimens (Wallich's catalogue) ; 1828 no.701 1829	—	wfo-0001003285
Spiraea chamaedryfolia	Cham. & Schltdl.	Linnaea 2: 2. 1827		wfo-0000989272
Spiraea chamaedryfolia	Jacq.	Hortus botanicus vindobonensis ; 1770 66, t.140 1772	—	wfo-0000989271
Spiraea chamaedryfolia	Ledeb.	Flora rossica ; 1841 14 1843	—	wfo-0000989681
Spiraea coerulescens	Auct.	not _stated.		wfo-0000989276
Spiraea coespitosa var. elatior	S.Watson	–		wfo-0001391902
Spiraea confusa	Lavallée	Énum. Arbres : 82 (1877)	—	wfo-1000060780
Spiraea confusa	hort. ex Lavall‚e	Arboretum segrezianum. ?numeration des arbres et arbrisseaux ; 1877 82 1877	—	wfo-0001005948
Spiraea conspicua	Zabel	Strauch. Spiräen : 90 (1893)		wfo-0000995519
Spiraea constantia	R.I.Schröd.	Gard. Chron. , n.s., 18: 108 (1882)	—	wfo-1000061259
Spiraea constantiae	R.I.Schröd.	Russk. Ogorod , ed. 4: 659 (1890)		wfo-0000989280
Spiraea convexa	Suksd.	Werdenda 1(3-4): 19 (1927)		wfo-0000989279
Spiraea corymbosa	Torr. & A.Gray	A flora of North America ; 1838 414 1840	—	wfo-0000988781
Spiraea corymbosa	hort.	–	—	wfo-0001011330
Spiraea corymbosa var. lucida	(Greene) A.Zobel	–		wfo-0001239213
Spiraea crataegifolia	Link	Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 40 (1822)		wfo-0000988652
Spiraea crataegifolia	Zabel	Strauch. Spiräen : 25 (1893)	—	wfo-0000988307
Spiraea crataegina	G.Kirchn.	Arbor. Muscav. : 213 (1864)	—	wfo-1000060782
Spiraea crataegina	hort. ex Petz. & G.Kirchn.	Arboretum muscaviense ; 1864 213 1864	—	wfo-0001011565
Spiraea crenata	Besser ex Ser.	Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis ; 1823 543 1825		wfo-0000989283
Spiraea crenata	Mert.	; 1830 63 1830	—	wfo-0001011335
Spiraea crenata	Muhl.	Cat. 51.		wfo-0000988752
Spiraea crenata	Pall. ex M.Bieb.	Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 392. 1808		wfo-0000989281
Spiraea crenata	Pamp.	La flora del Caracor—m ; 1930 136 1930	—	wfo-0001002625
Spiraea crenata	Schmidt	™sterreichs allgemeine Baumzucht ; 1792 54, t.55 1792	—	wfo-0000988277
Spiraea crenata	Thunb.	Fl. Jap. : 210 (1784)		wfo-1000060783
Spiraea crenata	hort.	–	—	wfo-0001005946
Spiraea crenifolia	(L.) Boiss.	Flora orientalis ; 1867 230 1888	—	wfo-0001002623
Spiraea crispifolia	minor Hort. ex Dippel	Handb. Laubholzk. iii. (1893) 480.		wfo-0000988642
Spiraea cuneata	Raf.	First Cat. Gard. Transylv. Univ. : 15 (1824)	—	wfo-0000988782
Spiraea cuneifolia	Raf.	New Fl. [Rafinesque] iii. 67.		wfo-0000988401
Spiraea cuneifolia	Sessé & Moc.	Fl. Mexic. : 126 (1894)	—	wfo-0000989287
Spiraea cuneifolia	Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 699. 1829		wfo-0000995392
Spiraea cuneifolia	Wender.	Schriften Ges. Beförd. Gesammten Naturwiss. Marburg 2: 254 (1831)		wfo-0000989289
Spiraea cuneifolia	Wender. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 624, nomen (Quid ?).		wfo-0000989286
Spiraea cuneifolia	hort.	–	—	wfo-0000989441
Spiraea cuspidata	Hoffmanns.	Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 1: 114 (1824)		wfo-0000989290
Spiraea dalmatica	Gand.	Rad Jugoslav. Akad. Znan. 66: 36 (1883)		wfo-0000989291
Spiraea dasyantha	Hemsl.	J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 224 (1887)	—	wfo-0000988330
Spiraea daurica	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 624, nomen (Quid ?).		wfo-0000989293
Spiraea decumbens	hort.	–	—	wfo-0001005947
Spiraea discolor	W.H.Brewer & S.Watson	Geological survey of California. Botany ; 1876 170 1876	—	wfo-0001002783
Spiraea dubia	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. ii. 624.		wfo-0000989296
Spiraea dumosa	Nutt. ex A.Gray	Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts 4: 40. 1849 [10 Feb 1849]		wfo-0000988850
Spiraea dumosa	Nutt. ex Torr.	; 1852 387, pl. 4 1852	—	wfo-0001002784
Spiraea elliptica	K.Koch	Dendrologie 1: 333 (1869)		wfo-0000989299
Spiraea elliptica	Sessé & Moc.	Fl. Mexic. : 126 (1894)	—	wfo-0000989300