Callicarpa americana L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 111 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & SE. U.S.A., Bermuda to Cuba. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Arkansas, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Burchardia americana (L.) Duhamel in Traité Arbr. Arbust. 1: 111 (1755)
- Johnsonia americana (L.) Mill. in Gard. Dict. ed. 8. (1768)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Burchardia callicarpa Crantz in Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 360 (1766)
- Callicarpa americana var. alba Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 2: 628 (1914)
- Callicarpa americana f. lactea (F.J.Müll.) Rehder in Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 584 (1949)
- Callicarpa americana var. lactea F.J.Müll. in Amer. Garden 10: 463 (1889)
- Callicarpa americana var. purpurea F.J.Müll. in Amer. Garden 10: 463 (1889)
- Callicarpa serrata Moench in Methodus: 468 (1794)
- Callicarpa viburnifolia Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 53 (1796)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
- Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
- Jones, R.L. (2005). Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora: 1-833. The universitry press of Kentucky.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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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 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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images