Mexican ash
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Fraxinus
Section: Fraxinus sect. Melioides
Species:
F. berlandieriana
Binomial name
Fraxinus berlandieriana

Fraxinus berlandieriana, the Mexican ash, is a tree native to eastern and northeastern Mexico and to the south-central United States. It has been reported from Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Mississippi.[1][2][3][4][5]

Like other species in the section Melioides, Fraxinus berlandieriana is dioecious, with male and female flowers produced on separate individuals.[6]

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families,
  2. Altervista Flora of United States and Canada, Fraxinus berlandieriana
  3. Candolle, Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de. 1844. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 8: 278–279, Fraxinus berlandieriana
  4. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Native Plant Database, Fraxinus berlandieriana
  5. Nesom, Guy L. 2010. Taxonomic notes onFraxinus berlandieriana and F. velutina (Oleaceae). Phytoneuron 2010-34: 1–8.
  6. Wallander, Eva (2008). "Systematics of Fraxinus (Oleaceae) and evolution of dioecy". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 273 (1–2): 25–49. doi:10.1007/s00606-008-0005-3. S2CID 24152294.


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