Forestiera
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Forestiera is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets.[1][2] Most are shrubs.
Species
There are about 20 species, native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, Ecuador and the southern half of the United States.[3][4] Phylogenetics indicate that Forestiera is sister to Hesperelaea, an extinct North American lineage.[5]
The following species are recognised in the genus Forestiera:[6]
- Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir. – eastern swampprivet - central and southeastern United States
- Forestiera angustifolia Torr. – narrowleaf forestiera, Texas forestiera, Texas swampprivet - Texas, northeastern Mexico
- Forestiera cartaginensis Donn. Central America, southern Mexico
- Forestiera corollata Cornejo & Wallander Guatemala
- Forestiera durangensis Standl. - Durango
- Forestiera ecuadorensis Cornejo & Bonifaz - Ecuador
- Forestiera eggersiana Krug & Urban – inkbush - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands
- Forestiera godfreyi L.C. Anders. – Godfrey's swampprivet - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
- Forestiera isabelae Hammel & Cornejo - Costa Rica
- Forestiera ligustrina (Michx.) Poir. – upland swamp-privet - Texas, southeastern United States
- Forestiera macrocarpa Brandegee - Baja California Sur
- Forestiera phillyreoides (Benth.) Torr. in W.H.Emory - central and southern Mexico
- Forestiera pubescens Nutt. – downy forestiera, stretchberry - southwestern United States, northern Mexico
- Forestiera racemosa S.Watson - Nuevo León
- Forestiera reticulata Torr. – netleaf swampprivet - western Texas
- Forestiera rhamnifolia Griseb. – caca ravet - Central America, West Indies, southern Mexico, Isla Socorro
- Forestiera rotundifolia (Brandegee) Standl.
- Forestiera segregata Krug & Urban – Florida swampprivet - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, much of West Indies including Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Cayman Islands
- Forestiera selleana Urb. & Ekman - Hispaniola
- Forestiera shrevei Standl. – desert olive - Arizona
- Forestiera tomentosa S.Watson - central and southern Mexico
- Forestiera veracruzana Cast.-Campos & Pal.-Wass.
References
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- ↑ Forestiera. USDA PLANTS.
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Forestiera pubescens. The Jepson eFlora 2013.
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