Cartrema

Cartrema americana, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Oleaceae
Tribus: Oleeae
Subtribus: Oleinae
Genus: Cartrema
Species: C. americana – C. floridana – C. scortechinii – C. sumatrana

Name

Cartrema Raf., Sylva Tellur.: 184 (1838).

• Type species: Cartrema americana (L.) G.L.Nesom, Phytoneuron 2012-96: 5 (2012).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Olea sect. Leiolea Spach, Hist. Nat. Veg. Phan. 8: 266 (1839).
  • Osmanthus sect. Leiolea (Spach) P.S.Green, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 22: 454 (1958)
• Heterotypic
  • Osmanthus sect. Microsmanthus Nakai, Bot. Mag. Tokyo 44: 14 (1930).
  • Amarolea Small, Man. S.E. Fl., 1043 (1933).
  • Osmanthus subg. Amarolea (Small) Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 34: 146 (2002).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America' Regional: Southeastern USA Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest Continental: Southern America' Regional: Central America El Salvador, Honduras Continental: Asia-tropical' Regional: Southwestern Asia Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S. 1838. Sylva Telluriana. Mantis Synopt. New genera and species of trees and shrubs of North America 184.

Additional references

• Nesom, G.L. 2012. Synopsis of American Cartrema (Oleaceae). Phytoneuron 2012-96: 1–11 PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Cartrema in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Cartrema. Published online. Accessed: August 11 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Cartrema. Accessed: 11 August 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Cartrema. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 11. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Wild Olive

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