A beautiful array of flowers. Euonymus are found in North America and Southeast Asia, both in gardens and in the wild. This genus of flowering plants includes small shrubs, trees and creepers, and although many are toxic, some have been used for traditional medicine and the wood has been turned into tools, such as spindles, knitting needles and artist's charcoal. © 2023 K. Mochizuki Many plants and crops rely on insects to pollinate them so they can reproduce. A new study has shown that several flowering plants from the group Euonymus are pollinated by fungus gnats, a dipteran insect.

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