Taxon:
Sambucus nigra L. subsp. canadensis (L.) Bolli
Summary
Place of publication:
Diss. Bot. 223:168. 1994
Verified:
02/26/2020
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Bolli, R. 1994. Revision of the genus Sambucus. Diss. Bot. 223:1-227.
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
- Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
- Yatskievych, G. 1999-. Steyermark's Flora of Missouri, revised edition
- 2018. Oklahoma vascular plant database URL: http://www.oklahomaplantdatabase.org/
Common names
English
American elder – American elderberry – Canadian elder – elderberry – Florida elder – Mexican elder – sweet elder – Afrikaans
Kanadese vlier – Spanish
saúco – Swedish
kanadafläder –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | New Brunswick | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Nova Scotia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Ontario | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Prince Edward Island | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Eastern Canada | Canada | Québec | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Iowa | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Kansas | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Minnesota | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Nebraska | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | North Dakota | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Oklahoma | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | South Dakota | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Wisconsin | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Connecticut | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maine | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Massachusetts | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Michigan | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Hampshire | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New York | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Rhode Island | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Vermont | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | West Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Delaware | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | s. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Hidalgo | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Oaxaca | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Puebla | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Western Canada | Canada | Manitoba | s.e. |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Belize | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | El Salvador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Honduras | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | natzd. elsewhere |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | West Indies | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Central America | Central America | | |
Native
Northern America
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EASTERN CANADA:
Canada [Québec (s.), Nova Scotia, Ontario (s.), Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick]
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WESTERN CANADA:
Canada [Manitoba (s.e.)]
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Connecticut, Indiana, Maine (e.), Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (e.), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska (e.), North Dakota (e.), Oklahoma, South Dakota (e.), Wisconsin]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama (s.), Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia (s.), Kentucky, Louisiana (s.), Maryland, Mississippi (s.), North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas (e.)]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Central America
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | as S. canadensis | Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage |
Food additives | flavoring | as S. canadensis | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 220. |
Human food | beverage base | as S. canadensis | Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2 220. |
Human food | fruit | as S. canadensis | Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 |
Medicines | folklore | as S. canadensis var. laciniata | Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943-1980. Flora of Panama. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | fide Kingsbury, as S. canadensis; Lampe & McCann, as S. canadensis | Lampe, K. F. & M. A. McCann. 1985. AMA handbook of poisonous and injurious plants Note: poisonous |
Weed | | | Bolli, R. 1994. Revision of the genus Sambucus. Diss. Bot. 223:1-227. |