Osmanthus americanus information from NPGS/GRIN

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Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
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Taxon: Osmanthus americanus (L.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex A. Gray

Genus: Osmanthus
Family: Oleaceae tribe: Oleeae.
Nomen number: 26118
Place of publication: Syn. fl. N. Amer. 2(1):78. 1878
Name verified on: 12-Jul-1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 12-Jul-1999
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

devilwood (Source: Trees US ) – English

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama [s.], Florida, Georgia, Louisiana [s.e.], Mississippi [s.], North Carolina [e.], South Carolina, Virginia [s.e.]
Northern Mexico: Mexico - Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas
Southern Mexico: Mexico - Oaxaca, Veracruz

References:

Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:230.
Green, P. S. 1958. A monographic revision of Osmanthus in Asia and America. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22:458–464.
Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
Standley, P. C. 1920. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23:1-1721.
Weakley, A. S. et al. 2011. New combinations, rank changes, and nomenclatural and taxonomic comments in the vascular flora of the southeastern United States. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5:445. [treats this as "Cartrema americana (L.) Raf.", but this name has never been validly published].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Osmanthus americanus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Osmanthus americanus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Osmanthus americanus.

Synonyms:

(≡) Olea americana L. (basionym)

Check other web resources for Osmanthus americanus (L.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex A. Gray:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

PlantSystematics.org
Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?26118 (24 May 2013)

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