Taxon:
Fraxinus biltmoreana Beadle
Summary
Place of publication:
Bot. Gaz. 25:358. 1898
Verified:
05/14/2014
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Godfrey, R. K. 1988. Trees, shrubs, and woody vines of northern Florida and adjacent Georgia and Alabama. Note: = Fraxinus americana L.
- Hardin, J. W. & R. L. Beckmann. 1982. Atlas of foliar surface features in woody plants, V. Fraxinus (Oleaceae) of eastern North America. Brittonia 34:129-140. Note: variation observed between Fraxinus americana and F. biltmoreana is more or less continuous and not considered worthy of taxonomic recognition; no support found for hybrid origin of F. biltmoreana
- Hardin, J. W. 1974. Studies of the southeastern United States flora: 4. Oleaceae. Sida 5:276. URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/8113#/summary Note: = Fraxinus americana L.
- Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541 Note: = Fraxinus americana L.
- Miller, G. N. 1955. The genus Fraxinus, the ashes, in North America, north of Mexico. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. 335:41-43.
- Nesom, G. L. 2010. Fraxinus biltmoreana and Fraxinus smallii (Oleaceae), forest trees of the eastern United States. Phytoneuron 2010-51:1-30. URL: http://www.phytoneuron.net/
- Santamour, F. S. 1962. The relation between polyploidy and morphology in white and biltmore ashes. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 89:228-232. Note: postulates polyploid hybrid origin for Biltmore ash
- Wallander, E. 2008. Systematics of Fraxinus (Oleaceae) and evolution of dioecy. Pl. Syst. Evol. 273:28. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606 Note: = Fraxinus americana L.
- Weakley, A. S. et al. 2012. Flora of Virginia. Note: = Fraxinus americana L.
- Weakley, A. S. 2011. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states. URL: http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm
- Whittemore, A. T. et al. 2018. Ploidy variation in Fraxinus L. (Oleaceae) of eastern North America: genome size diversity and taxonomy in a suddenly endangered genus. Int. J. Pl. Sci. 179:377-389. DOI: 10.1086/696688. Note: hexaploid (also tetraploid)
Common names
English
Biltmore ash – Biltmore white ash –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Illinois | |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | s.e. |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | New Jersey | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
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 | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Arkansas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
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 | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Indiana, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Illinois, Missouri (s.e.)]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas (e.)]