Fraxinus quadrangulata

Fraxinus quadrangulata, Near Townsend Creek, Harrison County, Kentucky, USA.

Fraxinus quadrangulata

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Fraxinus quadrangulata is listed as Critically Endangered.

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: Fraxininae
Genus: Fraxinus
Sectio: Fraxinus sect. Dipetalae
Species Fraxinus quadrangulata

Name

Fraxinus quadrangulata Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 255 (1803).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Calycomelia quadrangulata (Michx.) Kostel., Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 3: 1004 (1834).
  • Leptalix quadrangulata (Michx.) Raf., Alsogr. Amer.: 37 (1838).
  • Fraxinus americana var. quadrangulata (Michx.) D.J.Browne, Trees Amer.: 397 (1846), nom. rej.
• Heterotypic
  • Fraxinus tetragona Cels ex Dum.Cours., Bot. Cult. 1: 712 (1802), nom. rej.
  • Fraxinus quadrangularis Lodd., Cat. Pl., ed. 16: ? (1836), orth. var.
  • Fraxinus quadrangulata var. subpubescens Wesm., Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 31: 114 (1892), nom. rej.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin. Northeastern U.S.A. Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

• Wallander, E. 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 . JSTOR . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

Links

• Westwood, M., Oldfield, S., Jerome, D. & Romero-Severson, J. 2017. Fraxinus quadrangulata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. IUCN Red List Category: Critically Endangered . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T61919112A61919114.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Fraxinus quadrangulata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 19. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Fraxinus quadrangulata. Published online. Accessed: December 19 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Fraxinus quadrangulata. Accessed: 19 December 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Fraxinus quadrangulata. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 19. Reference page. 

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