See text Viburnum is a genus of about 150–175 species of flowering plants in the moschatel family, Adoxaceae.

Some species also have a fringe of large, showy sterile flowers around the perimeter of the corymb to act as a pollinator target.

The fruit is a spherical, oval, or somewhat flattened drupe, red to purple, blue, or black, and containing a single seed; some are edible for humans, but many others are mildly poisonous.

A 2014 phylogenetic study[5] proposed the following phylogenetic scheme and sections: V. clemensiae Lentago (7 species) Punctata (2) Euviburnum (15) Pseudotinus (4) Solenotinus (22) V. amplifolium V. colebrookeanum V. garrettii V. junghunii V. laterale V. pyramidatum V. lutescens Tomentosa (2) V. amplificatum Urceolata (2) Tinus (8) V. acerifolium V. kansuense V. orientale Succotinus (34) Coriaceae (3) Sambucina (10) Opulus (5) Mollotinus (5) Dentata (3) Oreinotinus (30) Lentago – Eastern North America except for V. elatum in Mexico[6] Punctata Euviburnum Pseudotinus – Asia, except V. lantanoides in Eastern North America[6] Solenotinus – Asia, extending west to India and south to Indonesia[6] Lutescentia (excluding Tomentosa) Tomentosa – China, Japan[6] Amplicrenotinus (excluding Crenotinus) Urceolata Tinus – Asia, except V. tinus in Europe[6] Corisuccotinus (excluding Succotinus and Coriaceae) Succotinus Coriaceae Sambucina Opulus – Circumboreal[6] Mollotinus Dentata – Mexico, Caribbean, and Central and South America[6] Oreinotinus – Mexico, Caribbean, and Central and South America[6] Undetermined Many species of viburnum have become popular as garden or landscape plants because of their showy flowers and berries, fragrance, and good autumn colour of some forms.

In prehistory, the long, straight shoots of some viburnums were used for arrow-shafts, as those found with Ötzi the Iceman.