| Mexican ash | |
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Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Oleaceae |
| Genus: | Fraxinus |
| Section: | Fraxinus sect. Melioides |
| Species: | F. berlandieriana
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| Binomial name | |
| Fraxinus berlandieriana | |
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. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Like other species in the section Melioides, Fraxinus berlandieriana is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals. [6]
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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