Nomenclature

Spiraea sect. Physocarpos Cambess., Ann. Sci. Nat. 1: 239, 385. 1824. Physocarpa (Cambess.) Raf., New Fl. 3: 73. 1838, nom. rej. Physocarpus (Cambess.) Maxim., Trudy Imp. S. Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 219. 1879, nom. cons. Opulaster Medik. ex Rydb., N. Amer. Fl. 22: 240. 1908, nom. illeg. (Art. 52.1). LECTOTYPE: Spiraea opulifolia L., designated by ?

Key to the species of Physocarpus

List of Physocarpus Species

References to Physocarpus

• Baldwin, J. T. 1951 . Chromosomes of Spiraea and of certain other genera of Rosaceae. Rhodora 53(632): 203-6.
• Evans, R. C.; Dickinson, T. A. 1999 . Floral ontogeny and morphology in subfamily Spiraeoideae Endl. (Rosaceae). Int. J. Plant Sci. 160: 981-1012.
• Greene, E. L. 1889 . The North American Neilliae. Pittonia 2: 25-31. (Includes Physocarpus)
• Hoss, G. A. 2001 . Propagation protocol for ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius). Native Plants J. 2: 60-61.
• Lindenhofer, A; Weber, A 1999 . Polyandry in Rosaceae: evidence for a spiral origin of the androecium in Spiraeoideae. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 121: 553-582.
• McVaugh, R. 1973 . Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: conservation of generic names: proposal 329(3316) Physocarpus (Cambessedes) Maximowicz (1879), nom. conserv., vs. Physocarpum (A.P.De Candolle) Berchtold and Presl (1823), and Epicostorus
• Oh, S. H. 2004 . (1619) Proposal to conserve the name Physocarpus opulifolius (L.) Maxim. against Physocarpus opulifolius Raf. (Rosaceae). Taxon 53: 212-213.
• Robertson, K. R. 1972 . (329) Nomina conservanda proposita: Physocarpus. Taxon 21: 211-2.
• Sterling, C. 1953 . Developmental anatomy of the fruit of Prunus domestica. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 80: 457-477. (Other genera also)
• Turrill, W. B. 1964 . Physocarpus opulifolius f. luteus. Bot. Mag. 175: pl. 459.
• Vidal, J. 1963 . Le genre Neillia (Rosaceae). Adansonia 3: 142-66. (In French; Includes Physocarpus)
• Waldbauer, G. P. 1984 . Mating behavior at blossoms and the flower associations of mimetic Temnostoma spp. Diptera Syrphidae in northern Michigan USA. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 86: 295-304.