Difference between revisions of "Frangula caroliniana"

(Walter) A. Gray

Gen. Amer. Bor. 2: 178. 1849.

Common names: Carolina buckthorn Indian cherry
Endemic
Basionym: Rhamnus caroliniana Walter Fl. Carol., 101. 1788
Synonyms: R. caroliniana var. mollis Fernald
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 58. Mentioned on page 53.
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Latest revision as of 19:15, 5 November 2020

Shrubs or small trees, 2–6(–10) m. Stems gray, glabrous or pubescent. Leaves deciduous; petiole 8–20 mm; blade dull green abaxially, glossy dark green adaxially, oblong to elliptic or obovate-elliptic, (3–)5–13 cm, herbaceous, base cuneate to rounded, margins serrulate or crenulate to nearly entire, apex acute to acuminate or obtuse, abaxial surface puberulent on veins, adaxial surface glabrous; secondary veins 6–9(–10) pairs. Inflorescences umbels, pedunculate, 1–14-flowered. Pedicels 3–6 mm. Stigmas 3-lobed. Drupes black, globose, 8–10 mm; stones 3.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Dry to moist barrens, sandy and gravelly flats, roadsides, ravines, bluffs, limestone bluffs, shell middens, bottomlands, swamp and pond edges, coastal hammocks, deciduous and coniferous forests.
Elevation: 50–500 m.

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Md., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., S.C., Tenn., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Rhamnus caroliniana var. mollis (type from Illinois, with leaves persistently soft-pubescent abaxially) has sometimes been recognized as a western/Ozarkian entity (for example, H. A. Gleason and A. Cronquist 1991), but intermediates and intergrades with the typical form (with leaves glabrescent abaxially) are as numerous as the extremes.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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John O. Sawyer† +  and Guy L. Nesom +
(Walter) A. Gray +
Rhamnus caroliniana +
Carolina buckthorn +  and Indian cherry +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
50–500 m. +
Dry to moist barrens, sandy and gravelly flats, roadsides, ravines, bluffs, limestone bluffs, shell middens, bottomlands, swamp and pond edges, coastal hammocks, deciduous and coniferous forests. +
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
Gen. Amer. Bor. +
R. caroliniana var. mollis +
Frangula caroliniana +
Frangula +
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