Chionanthus

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Chionanthus L.
OLEACEAE
FRINGETREE
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Classification
LAMIALES
Chionanthus
Citation
CHIONANTHUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 8. 1753.
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TYPE: Chionanthus virginicus Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.E. U.S., ed. 2. 2: 728. 1913.
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Chionanthus pygmaeus PIGMY FRINGETREE Native Rare-State Endangered-US
Chionanthus virginicus WHITE FRINGETREE; OLD-MANS'S BEARD Native FACU (NWPL)
Identification Key
1.  Leaf blades 1-2(2.2) times longer than wide, the apex broadly rounded and often retuse or notched
C. retusus
1.  Leaf blades (1.9)2-4 times longer than wide, the apex rounded to acute
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2.  Corolla lobes 7-15 mm long; anther tip abruptly obtuse to rounded; fruit 2-2.5 cm long; of xeric sites
C. pygmaeus
2.  Corolla lobes 15-30 mm long; anther tip acuminate; fruit 1-2 cm long; of xeric to hydric sites
C. virginicus
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Bonamica Bonamica Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. 21. 1829 ("1825"). TYPE: Bonamica filiformis Vellozo
Ceranthus Ceranthus Schreber, Gen. Pl. 14. 1789, nom. rej. vs. Linociera Swartz ex Schreber 1791. TYPE: Ceranthus schreberi J. F. Gmelin
Freyeria Freyeria Scopoli, Intr. Hist. Nat. 208. 1777. TYPE: = Mayepea Aublet 1775.
Haenianthus Haenianthus Grisebach, Fl. Brit. W.I. 405. 1861. TYPE: Haenianthus incrassatus (Swartz) Grisebach (Chionanthus incrassatus Swartz)
Linociera Linociera Swartz ex Schreber, Gen. Pl. 784. 1791, nom. cons. vs. Mayepea Aublet 1775, et vs. Ceranthus Schreber 1789. TYPE: Linociera ligustrina (Swartz) Swartz (Thouinia ligustrina Swartz)
Mayepea Mayepea Aublet, Hist. Pl. Guiane 81, t. 31. 1775, nom. rej. vs. Linociera Swartz ex Schreber 1791. TYPE: Mayepea guianensis Aublet
Minutia Minutia Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. 19. 1829 ("1825"). TYPE: Minutia trichotoma Vellozo
Tessarandra Tessarandra Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2. 7: 198. 1851. TYPE: Tessarandra fluminensis Miers
Thouinia Thouinia Thunberg ex Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 9, 89. 1782, nom rej. vs. Thouinia Poiteau 1804. TYPE: Thouinia nutans Linnaeus f.