Mexican ash | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Oleaceae |
Genus: | Fraxinus |
Section: | Fraxinus sect. Melioides |
Species: | F. berlandieriana |
Binomial name | |
Fraxinus berlandieriana DC. |
Fraxinus berlandieriana, the Mexican ash, is a tree native to eastern and northeastern Mexico and to the south-central United States. It has been reported from Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Like other species in the section Melioides, Fraxinus berlandieriana is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.
References
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families,
- Altervista Flora of United States and Canada, Fraxinus berlandieriana
- Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 278–279, Fraxinus berlandieriana
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Native Plant Database, Fraxinus berlandieriana
- Nesom, Guy L. 2010. Taxonomic notes onFraxinus berlandieriana and F. velutina (Oleaceae). Phytoneuron 2010-34: 1–8.
- Wallander, Eva (2008). "Systematics of Fraxinus (Oleaceae) and evolution of dioecy". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 273 (1–2): 25–49. Bibcode:2008PSyEv.273...25W. doi:10.1007/s00606-008-0005-3. S2CID 24152294.
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, Berlandier, Jean Louis - 2548, syntype of Fraxinus berlandieriana
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, Berlandier, Jean Louis - 602, syntype of Fraxinus berlandieriana
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