Schaefferia frutescens

Schaefferia frutescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Celastrales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Celastrales

Familia: Celastraceae
Genus: Schaefferia
Species: Schaefferia frutescens

Name

Schaefferia frutescens Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 33. (1760).

Synonyms

• Bumelia berteroi Balb. ex Griseb. in Cat. Pl. Cub.: 56 (1866)
• Schaefferia berteroi Griseb. in Cat. Pl. Cub.: 56 (1866), nom. nud.
• Schaefferia buxifolia (DC.) Nutt. in N. Amer. Sylv. 2: 42 (1846)
• Schaefferia completa Sw. in Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 38 (1788)
• Schaefferia elliptica Lundell in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 4: 15 (1940)
• Schaefferia frutescens var. buxifolia DC. in Prodr. 2: 41 (1825)
• Schaefferia lanceifolia Lundell in Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 6: 42 (1941)
• Schaefferia viridescens DC. in Prodr. 2: 41 (1825)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern USA USA (Florida) Regional: Mexico Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Colombia (Atlntico, Bolvar, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, La Guajira, Magdalena, Nario, Norte de Santander, Valle), Venezuela (Aragua, Dependencias Federales, Guarico, Lara, Miranda, Monagas, Zulia) Regional: Caribbean Bahamas, Cayman Isl., Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Isl. (Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles (Anguilla, Antigua, Barbuda, Grenada, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Barthelemy, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin), Trinidad References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jacquin, N.J. 1760. Enumeratio systematica plantarum, quas in Insulis Caribaeis vicinaque Americes continente detexit novas, aut iam cognitas emendavit. 41 pp. Apud Theodorum Haak, Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden]. BHL Reference page. : 33

Links

• Hassler, M. 2019. Schaefferia frutescens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 04. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Schaefferia frutescens in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Schaefferia frutescens. Published online. Accessed: October 04 2019. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Schaefferia frutescens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 October 2019. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Schaefferia frutescens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Florida-boxwood
• español: Palo de arana, Palo rajador

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