Styracaceae
(THE SNOWBALL FAMILY)
 Biota of North America Program
 Texas A&M University Bioinformatics Working Group
Standardized nomenclature following © John T. Kartesz. 1996. Revision: A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. The Biota of North America Program of the North Carolina Botanical Garden . This listing features updates (1996) of BONAP nomenclature, use of common names derived from BONAP data, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service data on endangered/threatened taxa, and information on Texas taxa taken from a database developed from Stephan L. Hatch, Kancheepuram N. Gandhi, and Larry E. Brown. 1990. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Texas (now in the process of proofing).

Halesia Gray - SILVERBELL

    carolina L. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Carolina silverbell, snow-drop tree, opossumwood, shittimwood No Texas distribution data available Synonomy: Halesia parviflora Michx.

    diptera Ellis Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Twowing silverbell, snow-drop tree (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonomy: Halesia diptera var. magniflora Godfrey

    tetraptera Ellis

      var. monticola (Rehd.) Reveal & Seldin Synonomy: Halesia carolina var. monticola Rehd. , Halesia monticola (Rehd.) Sarg. , Halesia monticola var. vestita Sarg.

      var. tetraptera

    Styrax - SNOWBELL

      americanus Lam. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: American s, mockorange (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonomy: Styrax americanus var. pulverulentus (Michx.) Perkins ex Rehd. , Styrax pulverulentus Michx.

      grandifolius Ait. Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

      officinalis L.

        var. fulvescens (Eastw.) Munz & Johnston Synonomy: Styrax californicus var. fulvescens Eastw. , Styrax officinalis ssp. fulvescens (Eastw.) Beauchamp

        var. officinalis

        var. redivivus (Torr.) Howard Synonomy: Darlingtonia rediviva Torr. , Styrax californicus Torr. , Styrax officinalis var. californicus (Torr.) Rehd.

      platanifolius Engelm. ex Torr. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Sycamoreleaf s. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

        var. platanifolius

        var. stellatus Cory

      portoricensis Krug & Urban Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, FWS local name is Palo de jazmfn and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (PR). Listed on April 22, 1992 (Volume 57 Federal Register 14785).

      texanus Cory Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Texas s. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, FWS local name is Texas snowbells and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (TX). Listed on October 12, 1984 (Volume 49 Federal Register 40038). Slight spelling change required for match to BONAP standard.

      youngiae Cory Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Young's s. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

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       This page, machine-generated using the program bonout3.ipf, is an experimental product of collaborative research involving the Texas A&M Bioinformatics Working Group and the Biota of North America Program. Comments/corrections can be sent to BONAP for nomenclatural matters or, for web-related items, the TAMUBIWG. The Texas vegetation area mapping system was developed by Erich Schneider of the Texas A&M Center for the Study of Digital Libraries. Last updated on: 07/23/96