Species: Sambucus nigra
Common Elderberry
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Dicotyledoneae
Order
Dipsacales
Family
Caprifoliaceae
Genus
Sambucus
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Honeysuckle Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Dipsacales - Caprifoliaceae - Sambucus - In addition to European elders (Sambucus nigra ssp. nigra), this record includes plants native to North America sometimes called S. canadensis, here treated as S. nigra ssp. canadensis, western North American plants sometimes called S. cerulea, here treated as S. nigra ssp. caerulea, and plants of southwestern North America sometimes called S. mexicana, here subsumed into S. nigra ssp. canadensis.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1984-09-06
Global Status Last Changed
1984-09-06
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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