Editing Cornus florida (section)

== Taxonomy ==
The flowering dogwood is usually included in the dogwood genus [[dogwood|''Cornus'']] as ''Cornus florida'' L., although it is sometimes treated in a separate genus as ''Benthamidia florida'' (L.) Spach. Less common names for ''C.&nbsp;florida'' include '''American dogwood''', '''Florida dogwood''', '''Indian arrowwood''', '''Cornelian tree''', '''white cornel''', '''white dogwood''', '''false box''', and '''false boxwood'''.

Two [[subspecies]] are generally recognized:
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|[[File:Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida (41123271645).jpg|120px]] ||  ''Cornus florida'' subsp. ''florida''  ||Eastern and south-central [[United States]].
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|[[File:Cornus florida ssp urbiniana 2.jpg|120px]] || ''Cornus florida'' subsp. ''urbiniana'' (Rose) Rickett  ||Northeastern [[Mexico]] ([[Nuevo León]], [[Veracruz]]).
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