flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...
Oleaceae
Oleaceae, also known as the olive family, is a taxonomic family of flowering shrubs, trees, and a few lianas in the order Lamiales, It presently comprises 28 genera, one of which is recently extinct.Peter S. Green. 2004. "Oleaceae". pages 2 ...
. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets.''Forestiera''. USDA PLANTS. Most are shrubs.
There are about 20 species, native to
Mexico
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,
Central America
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, the
West Indies
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,
Ecuador
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and the southern half of the
United States
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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families /ref>''Forestiera pubescens''. The Jepson eFlora 2013.
Phylogenetics
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indicate that ''Forestiera'' is sister to ''
Hesperelaea
''Hesperelaea'' is a plant genus with only one species, probably now extinct. ''Hesperelaea palmeri'' was found only on Guadalupe Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Mexican state of Baja California, about southwest of En ...
'', an extinct North American lineage.
Species include:
# '' Forestiera acuminata'' (Michx.) Poir. – eastern swampprivet - central and southeastern United States
# '' Forestiera angustifolia'' Torr. – narrowleaf forestiera, Texas forestiera, Texas swampprivet - Texas, northeastern Mexico
# '' Forestiera cartaginensis '' Donn. Central America, southern Mexico
# '' Forestiera corollata '' Cornejo & Wallander Guatemala
# '' Forestiera durangensis'' Standl. - Durango
# '' Forestiera ecuadorensis'' Cornejo & Bonifaz - Ecuador
# '' Forestiera eggersiana'' Krug & Urban – inkbush - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands
# '' Forestiera godfreyi'' L.C. Anders. – Godfrey's swampprivet - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
# ''
Forestiera isabelae
''Forestiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets.Forestiera ligustrina'' (Michx.) Poir. – upland swamp-privet - Texas, southeastern United States
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Forestiera macrocarpa
''Forestiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets.Forestiera phillyreoides
''Forestiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets.Forestiera pubescens
''Forestiera pubescens'', commonly known as stretchberry, desert olive, tanglewood, devil's elbow, spring goldenglow, spring herald, New Mexico privet, or Texas forsythia is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to the southwestern United States ...
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Nutt.
Thomas Nuttall (5 January 1786 – 10 September 1859) was an England, English botany, botanist and zoologist who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841.
Nuttall was born in the village of Long Preston, near Settle, North Yorkshire, S ...
Forestiera racemosa
''Forestiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets.Forestiera reticulata
''Forestiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets.Forestiera rhamnifolia
''Forestiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets.Forestiera segregata'' Krug & Urban – Florida swampprivet - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, much of West Indies including Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Cayman Islands
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Forestiera selleana
''Forestiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets.Forestiera shrevei
''Forestiera'' is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets.Forestiera tomentosa'' S.Watson - central and southern Mexico