Calycanthaceae
Fragrant wintersweet
Chimonanthus praecox
- Family
- Calycanthaceae
- Genus
- Chimonanthus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Azerbaijani
- İlkin ximonant
- Cantonese
- 蠟梅
- Chinese
- 臘梅, 蜡梅, 蠟梅, 腊梅, 蜡木, 蜡梅花, 蜡梅（素心蜡梅、磬口蜡梅、红心腊梅）, 铁筷子
- Czech
- Zimnokvět časný
- English
- Fragrant wintersweet, Wintersweet
- Finnish
- Tuoksutalvenlahja
- German
- Chinesische Winterblüte
- Japanese
- ロウバイ, 唐梅, 臘梅, 蝋梅, 蠟梅
- Korean
- 납매
- mnc
- ᠰᡠᠸᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᠨᡝᠨᡩᡝᠨ ᡳᠯᡥᠠ
- Persian
- گل یخ ژاپنی
- Polish
- Zimokwiat wczesny
- Russian
- Химонант скороспелый, Зимоцвет ранний, Зимоцвет скороспелый
- Serbian
- Zimocvet, Зимоцвет
- Slovenian
- Zgodnji zimski cvet
- Spanish
- Masacar
- Turkish
- Kış tatlısı, Kış tatlısı çiçeği
Synonyms
- Beureria praecox (L.) Kuntze
- Butneria praecox (L.) C.K.Schneid.
- Calycanthus praecox L.
- Calycanthus suaveolens Salisb.
- Chimonanthus baokanensis D.M.Chen & Z.L.Dai
- Chimonanthus baokanensis var. yupiensis D.M.Chen & Z.L.Dai
- Chimonanthus caespitosus T.B.Chao, Z.X.Chen & Z.Q.Li
- Chimonanthus fragrans (Loisel.) Lindl.
- Chimonanthus fragrans var. grandiflorus Lindl.
- Chimonanthus grandiflorus (Lindl.) Steud.
- Chimonanthus luteus (G.Don) Biel.
- Chimonanthus parviflorus Raf.
- Chimonanthus praecox f. grandiflorus (Lindl.) Rehder
- Chimonanthus praecox f. intermedius (Makino) Okuyama
- Chimonanthus praecox f. luteus (G.Don) Okuyama
- Chimonanthus praecox f. versicolor B.Zhao
- Chimonanthus praecox var. concolor Makino
- Chimonanthus praecox var. grandiflorus (Lindl.) Makino
- Chimonanthus praecox var. intermedius Makino
- Chimonanthus praecox var. luteus G.Don
- Chimonanthus praecox var. reflexus B.Zhao
- Chimonanthus verus Biel.
- Chimonanthus yunnanensis W.W.Sm.
- Meratia fragrans Loisel.
- Meratia praecox (L.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Meratia praecox var. grandiflora (Lindl.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson
- Meratia yunnanensis (W.W.Sm.) Hu
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.