Viburnum carlcephalum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Dipsacales

Familia: Adoxaceae
Genus: Viburnum
Species: Viburnum carlcephalum
Name

Viburnum × carlcephalum Burkwood ex Rullo, Brach & Gandhi, Harvard Pap. Bot. 25: 57. 30 June 2020

Holotype: U.S.A. Maryland: Montgomery County, Silver Spring, in a small triangle and the Metro Station near Colesville Road, 28 April 1986, F.G. Meyer 21250 (A).
Synonyms

Viburnum × carlcephalum Burkwood ex R.B.Pike, Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 119: 217, t. 96. 1946, nom. inval. (no Latin description).

Viburnum × carlcephalum Burkwood, J. Hort. Soc. London 72: 361, t. 132. 1947, nom. inval. (no Latin description).
References

Gandhi, K.N., Brach, A.R. & Rullo, E.G. 2020. Validation of “Viburnum × carlcephalum” (Viburnaceae) Harvard Papers in Botany 25(1): 57-58. DOI: 10.3100/hpib.v25iss1.2020.n7 Reference page.
Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 119:217, t. 96. 1946 (Burkwood, J. Hort. Soc. London 72:361, t. 132. 1947)
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Viburnum × carlcephalum, common name fragrant snowball, is a hybrid flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae), of garden origin. It is a cross between V. carlesii and V. macrocephalum.

Growing to 3 m (10 ft) tall and broad, it is a substantial deciduous shrub with heart-shaped leaves often turning red in autumn. Rounded flower-heads composed of many fragrant, tubular white flowers are borne in early summer.[1] Flowering is later than many other deciduous viburnums.[2] The flowers are followed in autumn by insignificant red-black fruits.

This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3][4]
References

RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
"Viburnum × carlcephalum". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
"Viburnum × carlcephalum". RHS. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
"AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 107. Retrieved 19 February 2019.