Taxon:
Citharexylum spinosum L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:625. 1753
Verified:
02/08/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78:1-581. Note: mentions
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
- Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. URL: http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
- Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Jardín Botánico Nacional. 1998-. Flora de la República de Cuba
- León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
- Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
- Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
- Méndez Santos, I. E. & S. Cafferty. 2001. Typification of Linnaean names of taxa of Verbenaceae s.str. described from the Greater Antilles. Taxon 50:1137-1138. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
- Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1991. Flora of Dominica, Part 2: Dicotyledonae. Smithsonian contributions to botany vol. 77. 223.
- Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds
- Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
- Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource). URL: http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/
- Wunderlin, R. P. 1982. Guide to the vascular plants of central Florida
Common names
English
fiddlewood – Florida fiddlewood – spiny fiddlewood –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=2182 |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Anguilla | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Antigua and Barbuda | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Bahamas | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Barbados | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cayman Islands | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Grenada | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Kitts and Nevis | Saint Kitts | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Trinidad and Tobago | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Puerto Rico | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Guyana | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Suriname | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=2182)]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Anguilla, Netherlands Antilles, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis [Saint Kitts], St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, Trinidad and Tobago, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British)
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. |
Weed | | | Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds |