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Forestiera

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Forestiera
Forestiera pubescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Tribe: Oleeae
Subtribe: Oleinae
Genus: Forestiera
Poir.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Adelia P.Browne
  • Bigelovia Sm.
  • Borya Willd.
  • Carpoxis Raf.
  • Geisarina Raf.
  • Nudilus Raf.
  • Piptolepis Benth.

Forestiera is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets.[3][4] Most are shrubs.

Species

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There are about 20 species, native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, Ecuador and the southern half of the United States.[5][6] Phylogenetics indicate that Forestiera is sister to Hesperelaea, an extinct North American lineage.[7]

The following species are recognised in the genus Forestiera:[8]

References

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  1. "Forestiera Poir". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-10-05. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  2. "Forestiera Poir. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
  3. "Forestiera Poir". ITIS Standard Reports. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  4. Forestiera. USDA PLANTS.
  5. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  6. Forestiera pubescens. The Jepson eFlora 2013.
  7. Zedane, L.; Hong-Wa, C.; Murienne, J.; Jeziorski, C.; Baldwin, B.G.; Besnard, G. (2016). "Museomics illuminate the history of an extinct, paleoendemic plant lineage (Hesperelaea, Oleaceae) known from an 1875 collection from Guadalupe Island, Mexico" (PDF). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 117 (1): 44–57. doi:10.1111/bij.12509. ISSN 0024-4066.
  8. "Forestiera Poir. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
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