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