Hedera

From Wikipedia

Hedera is a genus of about ten species of climbing or ground-creeping evergreen woody plants in the family Araliaceae, native to the Atlantic Islands, western, central and southern Europe, northwestern Africa and across central-southern Asia east to Japan.

[edit] Species

  • Hedera algeriensis – Algerian Ivy. Northwest Africa.
  • Hedera azorica – Azores Ivy. Azores.
  • Hedera canariensis – Canaries Ivy. Canary Islands.
  • Hedera colchica – Caucasian Ivy or Persian Ivy. Northern Turkey to Iran.
  • Hedera helix – Common Ivy. Most of Europe, except Atlantic coasts and cold northeastern areas.
  • Hedera hibernica – Irish Ivy. Atlantic coastal areas of Europe from Scotland and Ireland to Portugal.
  • Hedera maderensis – Madeiran Ivy. Madeira.
  • Hedera nepalensis – Himalayan Ivy. Himalaya, China, Taiwan.
  • Hedera pastuchowii – Pastuchov's Ivy. Central Asia (southern states of the former Soviet Union).
  • Hedera rhombea – Japanese Ivy. Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan.


[edit] References

  • McAllister, H. (1982). New work on ivies. Int. Dendrol. Soc. Yearbook 1981: 106-109.