''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the familySapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753.Tropicos, ''Sideroxylon'' L. /ref> They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning " iron", and ξύλον (''xylon''), meaning "wood."
subtropical
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areas of
North America
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. The only South African species, the white milkwood ('' S. inerme''), is associated with three historical sites, and these individuals were declared national monuments due to their unusual longevity.
syn.
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linnae ...
''Calvaria major'') of Mauritius was affected by the extinction of the birds which dispersed its seed; it was suggested that the species entirely depended on the dodo (''Raphus cucullatus'') for that purpose and nearly became a victim of coextinction, but this is not correct. Bully trees provide food for the larvae of certain
Lepidoptera
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Coleoptera
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of the genus ''
Plinthocoelium
''Plinthocoelium'' is a genus of beetles in the family Cerambycidae.
Species
This genus includes the following species:
* ''Plinthocoelium chilensis'' (Blanchard in Gay, 1851) – Western Mexico (Chiapas, Durango, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sonor ...
'', commonly known as
bumelia borers
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", ...
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Species
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Sideroxylon acunae
''Sideroxylon acunae'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is Endemism, endemic to Cuba.
References
Endemic flora of Cuba
Sideroxylon, acunae
Vulnerable plants
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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Sideroxylon altamiranoi
''Sideroxylon altamiranoi'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceaey. It is endemic to two states of Mexico: Querétaro and Hidalgo.
References
altamiranoi
Endemic flora of Mexico
Trees of Querétaro
Trees of Hidalgo (state)
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Querétaro
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Sideroxylon anomalum
''Sideroxylon anomalum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater A ...
Sideroxylon beguei
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning " iron ...
Sideroxylon borbonicum
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...
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Réunion
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Sideroxylon boutonianum
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...
Sideroxylon bullatum
''Sideroxylon bullatum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habi ...
Sideroxylon capiri
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...
Sideroxylon capuronii
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning " iron ...
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Sideroxylon cartilagineum
''Sideroxylon cartilagineum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered t ...
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Sinaloa
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Jalisco
Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...
Colombia
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Sideroxylon contrerasii
''Sideroxylon contrerasii'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), ...
Sideroxylon cubense
''Sideroxylon cubense'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, the Leeward Islands, and Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the C ...
Sideroxylon dominicanum
''Sideroxylon dominicanum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean
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Chiapas
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Sideroxylon eriocarpum
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...
Sideroxylon eucoriaceum
''Sideroxylon eucoriaceum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Guatemala
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Guatemala
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Sideroxylon eucuneifolium
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", ...
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Guatemala
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Sideroxylon excavatum
''Sideroxylon excavatum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Guerrero and Oaxaca states in Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of Nort ...
Sideroxylon fimbriatum
''Sideroxylon fimbriatum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Yemen. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
References
fimbriatum
Endemic flora of Socotra
Vulnerable plants
Taxono ...
Sideroxylon floribundum
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...
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Sideroxylon foetidissimum
''Sideroxylon foetidissimum'', commonly known as false mastic or yellow mastic, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is native to Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, and northern Central America
Central Am ...
Rodrigues
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Guatemala
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Honduras
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Sideroxylon horridum
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning " iron ...
Sideroxylon ibarrae
''Sideroxylon ibarrae'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Guatemala
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Aldabra
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Sideroxylon lanuginosum
''Sideroxylon lanuginosum'' is a shrub or small tree of the family Sapotaceae. It is native to the Sun Belt and Midwest of the United States as well as Northeastern Mexico. Common names include gum bully, black haw, chittamwood, chittimwood, s ...
Sonora
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Sideroxylon macrocarpum
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...
Sideroxylon majus
''Sideroxylon majus'' is a long-lived tree in the family Sapotaceae, endemic to Réunion.
See also
* ''Sideroxylon grandiflorum'', the dodo tree, a species native to Mauritius, that has been confounded with ''Sideroxylon majus'' (particularly it ...
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Réunion
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Sideroxylon mascatense
''Sideroxylon mascatense'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapotaceae.
Description
''Sideroxylon mascatense'' is a sclerophyllous spiny shrub or small tree, usually growing 7 to 10 meters tall and occasionally recorded as a mediu ...
Madeira
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Sideroxylon moaense
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...
Sideroxylon montanum
''Sideroxylon montanum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica. It is threatened by habitat loss
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural hab ...
Sideroxylon nervosum
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning " iron ...
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Myanmar
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Sonora
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Sideroxylon octosepalum
''Sideroxylon octosepalum'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica
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Eritrea
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Sideroxylon peninsulare
''Sideroxylon peninsulare'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to two spots on the southern end of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur (; 'South Lower California'), officially the Free and S ...
Colombia
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Sideroxylon picardae
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...
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Hispaniola
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Rapa-Iti
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Sideroxylon portoricense
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...
Sideroxylon reclinatum
''Sideroxylon reclinatum'', the Florida bully, is a small tree in the family Sapotaceae. It occurs locally in the southeastern United States.
Subspecies
* ''Sideroxylon'' subsp. ''austrofloridense''
* ''Sideroxylon'' subsp. ''reclinatum''
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Sideroxylon repens
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning " iron ...
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Hispaniola
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Sideroxylon retinerve
''Sideroxylon retinerve'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Gua ...
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Honduras
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Sideroxylon rotundifolium
''Sideroxylon rotundifolium'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Jamaica.
References
rotundifolium
Near threatened plants
Endemic flora of Jamaica
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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Sideroxylon salicifolium
''Sideroxylon salicifolium'', commonly called white bully or willow bustic, is a species of flowering plant native to Florida, the West Indies and Central America. It has also been considered a member of the genus ''Dipholis'', with the binomial ...
Sideroxylon socorrense
''Sideroxylon socorrense'' is a plant species in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to Mexico, occurring only on Socorro in the Revillagigedo Islands.
On its island home, this small tree grows in habitat that is at least seasonally humid. Thi ...
Sideroxylon stenospermum
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning " iron ...
Sideroxylon stevensonii
''Sideroxylon stevensonii'' is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in Belize and Guatemala.
The faisán or pheasant zapote is a large tree of the Mopan river region of Belize. It is used primarily for lumber. Latex from th ...
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Chiapas
Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...
Guatemala
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Sideroxylon tepicense
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", and ...
Sideroxylon thornei
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning " iron ...
Sideroxylon wightianum
''Sideroxylon'' is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (''sideros''), meaning "iron", ...
Micropholis acutangula
''Micropholis'' is group of trees in the family (biology), family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1891. (2001): World Checklist of Sapotaceae &ndash''Micropholis'' The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2008-DEC-2 ...
Micropholis guyanensis
''Micropholis'' is group of trees in the family Sapotaceae, described as a genus in 1891. (2001): World Checklist of Sapotaceae &ndash''Micropholis'' The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2008-DEC-24.
These trees a ...
Olinia ventosa
''Olinia ventosa'', commonly known as the hard-pear. is a large, evergreen forest tree indigenous to South Africa.
Appearance
The hard-pear is a large tree that usually grows to 15–20 meters in height. When exposed to harsh conditions, it f ...
Planchonella eerwah
''Pouteria eerwah'' is a rare species of Australian rainforest tree in the family Sapotaceae. Common names include shiny-leaved condoo, black plum and wild apple. It is endemic to south eastern Queensland, with a restricted distribution and re ...
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Pouteria elegans
''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering plant, flowering trees in the gutta-percha family (biology), family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical regions of the world. It includes the canistel (''Pouteria campechiana, P. campe ...
'' (as ''S. elegans'' )
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Pouteria macrantha
''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical regions of the world. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey sapote ('' P. sapota''), and the lu ...
Pouteria reticulata
''Pouteria'' is a genus of flowering trees in the gutta-percha family, Sapotaceae. The genus is widespread throughout the tropical regions of the world. It includes the canistel ('' P. campechiana''), the mamey sapote ('' P. sapota''), and the ...