Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Honduras, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Amarolea americana (L.) Small in Man. S.E. Fl.: 1043 (1933)
- Cartrema odorata Raf. in Autik. Bot.: 16 (1840), nom. superfl.
- Olea americana L. in Mant. Pl. 1: 24 (1767)
- Olea laeta Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 13 (1796), nom. superfl.
- Osmanthus americanus (L.) A.Gray in Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 78 (1878)
- Pausia americana (L.) Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 9 (1838)
- Pausia odorata Raf. in Sylva Tellur.: 9 (1838), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Osmanthus americanus var. microphyllus P.S.Green in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 463 (1958)
- Osmanthus mexicanus Lundell in Phytologia 1: 308 (1939)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Berendsohn, W.G., Gruber, A.K. & Monterrosa Salomón, J. (2012). Nova Silva Cusatlantica. Árboles natinos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 2: Angiospermae - Familias M a P y Pteridophyta. Englera 29-2: 1-300.
- López Patiño, E.J., Szeszko, D.R., Rascala Pérez, J. & Beltrán Retis, A.S. (2012). The flora of the Tenacingo-Malinalco-Zumpahuacán protected natural area, state of Mexico, Mexico. Harvard Papers in Botany 17: 65-167.
- Nelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 1985 | Matuda, E. [2023], Mexico | Osmanthus americanus | K000588717 | isotype | Yes |
| Jul 1, 1985 | Matuda, E. [2023], Mexico | Osmanthus americanus | K000588718 | isotype | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0