Taxon:
Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.
Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 7(2):601. 1839
Verified:
04/17/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Chester, E. W. et al. 1993-1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
- Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:219. URL: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/702#/summary
- Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
- Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976)
- Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
- Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:130.
- Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio.
- Personal Care Products Council. INCI URL: http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
- Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
- Wiersema, J. H. 1995. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
- Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource). URL: https://herbarium.utk.edu/vascular/vascular-database.php?CategoryID=Dicots&FamilyID=Ericaceae&GenusID=Oxydendrum&SpeciesID=arboreum
Common names
English
sorreltree – sourwood –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
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 | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
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 | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania]
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Missouri]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Bee plants | honey production | | Wiersema, J. H. 1995. pers. comm. Note: re. common names |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |
Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage |