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.