page_title: Euonymus
section_title: Diversity
hierarchical_section_title: Euonymus / Diversity
caption_attribution_description: English: Euonymus plants in a nursery in Cranford, New Jersey on April 14, 2012 (correct date).
context_page_description: Euonymus is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family, Celastraceae. Common names vary widely among different species and between different English-speaking countries, but include spindle, burning-bush, strawberry-bush, wahoo, wintercreeper, or simply euonymus. It comprises about 130 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs, small trees and lianas. They are mostly native to East Asia, extending to the Himalayas, and they are also distributed in Europe, Australasia, North America, and Madagascar. 50 species are endemic to China.
context_section_description: Species include:
  Euonymus acanthocarpus
  Euonymus acuminifolius
  Euonymus alatus – winged spindle, burning-bush
  Euonymus americanus – strawberry-bush
  Euonymus angulatus
  Euonymus assamicus
  Euonymus atropurpureus – eastern burning-bush, eastern wahoo
  Euonymus bungeanus – winterberry euonymus
  Euonymus castaneifolius
  Euonymus cochinchinensis
  Euonymus cornutus
  Euonymus dichotomus
  Euonymus echinatus
  Euonymus europaeus – European spindle
  Euonymus fimbriatus – fringed spindle tree
  Euonymus fortunei – Fortune's spindle, wintercreeper
  Euonymus frigidus
  Euonymus glandulosus
  Euonymus grandiflorus
  Euonymus hamiltonianus – Hamilton's spindle, Himalayan spindle
  Euonymus japonicus – Japanese spindle, evergreen spindle
  Euonymus javanicus
  Euonymus kiautschovicus – spreading euonymus
  Euonymus kwangtungensis
  Euonymus lanceifolia
  Euonymus latifolius – broadleaf spindle
  Euonymus melananthus
  Euonymus mengtzeanus
  Euonymus morrisonensis
  Euonymus myrianthus
  Euonymus nanoides
  Euonymus nanus – dwarf spindle
  Euonymus nitidus
  Euonymus obovatus – running strawberry-bush
  Euonymus occidentalis – western burning-bush
  Euonymus oxyphyllus – Korean spindletree
  Euonymus pallidifolius
  Euonymus paniculatus
  Euonymus pauciflorus
  Euonymus pendulus (syn. E. lucidus)
  Euonymus phellomanus
  Euonymus pittosporoides
  Euonymus planipes – dingle-dangle tree
  Euonymus prismatomerioides
  Euonymus pseudovagans
  Euonymus sachalinensis
  Euonymus sanguineus
  Euonymus schensianus
  Euonymus semenovii
  Euonymus serratifolius
  Euonymus tenuiserrata
  Euonymus thwaitesii
  Euonymus velutinus
  Euonymus verrucocarpa
  Euonymus verrucosoides
  Euonymus verrucosus
  Euonymus walkeri
  Euonymus wui
caption: Euonymus fortunei in a nursery
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