Taxon:
Bontia daphnoides L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:638. 1753
Verified:
10/27/2009
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.
- Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
- Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
- Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
- León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
- Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
- Proctor, G. R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bulletin Additional Series XI.
Common names
English
wild olive – French
olivier bâtard – Spanish
aceituna americana – olivo bastardo –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
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 | Dominican Republic | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Montserrat | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Vincent and Grenadines | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | United States | Virgin Islands, U.S. | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Virgin Islands (British) | Tortola | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | n. |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, United States [Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Tortola]
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela (n.)
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | boundary/barrier/support | for windbreaking | Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. |
Environmental | ornamental | | León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba |