Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.
First published in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 664 (1812)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & SE. U.S.A. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Adelia acuminata Michx. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 225 (1803)
- Bigelovia acuminata (Michx.) Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 39(2): s.p. (1819)
- Borya acuminata (Michx.) Willd. in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 711 (1806)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Adelia ovata Desf. ex Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 635 (1807)
- Borya obovata Desf. in Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 88 (1829)
- Borya prinoides Willd. in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 66 (1814)
- Borya retusa Willd. in Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 66 (1814)
- Carpoxis inermis Raf. in New Fl. 3: 92 (1838)
- Carpoxis nitida Raf. in New Fl. 3: 91 (1838)
- Carpoxis prinoides (Willd.) Raf. in New Fl. 3: 92 (1838)
- Carpoxis retusa (Willd.) Raf. in New Fl. 3: 92 (1838)
- Carpoxis spinosa Raf. in New Fl. 3: 92 (1838)
- Forestiera acuminata f. vestita (E.J.Palmer) M.C.Johnst. in S. W. Naturalist 2: 146 (1958)
- Forestiera acuminata var. vestita E.J.Palmer in J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 29 (1923)
- Forestiera cuneifolia Raf. in New Fl. 3: 91 (1838)
- Forestiera nitida Raf. in New Fl. 3: 91 (1838)
- Forestiera prinoides (Willd.) Raf. in New Fl. 3: 92 (1838)
- Forestiera retusa (Willd.) Raf. in New Fl. 3: 92 (1838)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Sources
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/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 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