Characteristics
Dicots
Citharexylum spinosum L.
FLORIDA FIDDLEWOOD
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Méndez (2001) recognized 6 formae of C. spinosum in the Caribbean Islands. Populations along the east coast of Florida generally align with forma spinosum, with some plants conforming to forma subvillosum in the south (Miami-Dade Co.), and some plants in the Keys conforming to forma villosum.
Native
FACU (NWPL)
Classification
Citation
CITHAREXYLUM SPINOSUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 625. 1753.
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BARBADOS: Without data (lectotype: Plukenet, Phytographia t. 161(5). 1692). Lectotypified by R. A. Howard, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 79: 82. 1979. EPITYPE: BARBADOS: St. Andrew, Sep 1940, Gooding 228 (epitype: BM).
Epitypified by Méndez & Cafferty, Taxon 50: 1137. 2001.
Species Distribution Map
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