Styrax

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Styrax L.
STYRACACEAE
SNOWBELL
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Classification
ERICALES
Styrax
Citation
STYRAX Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 444. 1753.
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TYPE: Styrax officinalis Linnaeus
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Styrax americanus AMERICAN SNOWBELL Native FACW (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Styrax grandifolius BIGLEAF SNOWBELL Native FACU (NWPL)
[Family identification key]
1.  Petiole 2-6 mm long; largest leaf blades on sterile shoots 2-5.7 cm wide, the longest arms of leaf hairs 0.1-0.2 mm long; calyx 2.5-4 mm long; corolla tube 1.5-3 mm; false-terminal racemes 2-3.5 cm; fruit capsular, dehiscent nearly or completely to base, broadly exposing seeds
S. americanus
1.  Petiole 4-12 mm long; largest leaf blades on sterile shoots 5-20 cm wide, the longest arms of leaf hairs 0.2-0.6 mm long; calyx 4-6 mm long; corolla tubes 3-5 mm; false-terminal racemes 3-11.5 cm; fruit nutlike, indehiscent or at most with 1-3 narrow longitudinal fissures, barely exposing seeds
S. grandifolius
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Benzoin Benzoin Hayne, Getreue Darstell. Gew. 11: t. 24. 1830, non Boerhaave ex Schaeffer 1760. TYPE: Benzoin officinalis Hayne (Styrax benzoin Dryander)
Cyrta Cyrta Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 258, 278. 1790. TYPE: Cyrta agrestis Loureiro
Epigenia Epigenia Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. 183. 1829 ("1825"). TYPE: Non designatus.
Foveolaria Foveolaria Ruiz Lopez & Pavon, Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 47, t. 9. 1794. TYPE: Non designatus.
Plagiospermum Plagiospermum Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. t. 260. 1892, non Cleve 1868. TYPE: Plagiospermum benzoin (Dryander) Pierre (Styrax benzoin Dryander) Substitute name for Benzoin Hayne 1829, non Boerhaave ex Schaeffer 1760.
Strigilia Strigilia Cavanilles, Diss. 7: 358. 1789. TYPE: Strigilia racemosa Cavanilles
Tremanthus Tremanthus Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 467. 1805. TYPE: = Strigilia Cavanilles 1789.
Trichogamila Trichogamila P. Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 218. 1756. TYPE: Non designatus.