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Taxon: Erithalis fruticosa L.

 
Genus: Erithalis
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Cinchonoideae
Tribe: Chiococceae
Nomen number: 456852
Place of publication: Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:930. 1759
Link to protologue:
Comment: valid publication verified from original literature
Typification: View in Linnean Typification Project
Name Verified on: 14-Aug-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • black-torch  (Source: F PR ed2) - English
  • candlewood  (Source: F LAnt) - English
  • rompe machete  (Source: Sida) - English
  • jayajabico  (Source: F PR ed2) - Spanish
  • manglillo  (Source: F PR ed2) - Spanish

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Northern America
    • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
    • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Quintana Roo]

    Southern America
    • CARIBBEAN: Antigua and Barbuda, [Antigua, Barbuda] Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, United States [Puerto Rico]
    • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize
    • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
    • BRAZIL: Brazil [Pernambuco]


References:

  1. Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85
  2. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  3. Jarvis, C. 2007. Order out of chaos: Linnean plant names and their types Note: clarifies missinterpretation of the holotype in Sida 21:1584. 2005
  4. Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 2000. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2.
  5. Negrón-Ortiz, V. 2005. Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Erithalis (Rubiaceae: Chiococceae). Sida 21:1584-1588.
  6. Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida

Check other web resources for Erithalis fruticosa L. :

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=456852. Accessed 6 July 2024.