Citharexylum berlandieri

Citharexylum berlandieri is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States[3] and Mexico as far south as Oaxaca.[2] Common names include Tamaulipan fiddlewood, Berlandier fiddlewood, negrito fiddlewood,[1] negrito, and orcajuela.[4] It is a shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 6 m (20 ft).[5] The type specimen of this species was collected from the hills near Las Canoas, San Luis Potosí by Cyrus Pringle in 1890.[6] It was described as a new species the following year by Benjamin Lincoln Robinson,[7] who chose the specific epithet to honour French naturalist Jean-Louis Berlandier.[8]

Citharexylum berlandieri

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Verbenaceae
Genus: Citharexylum
Species:
C. berlandieri
Binomial name
Citharexylum berlandieri
Natural range of Citharexylum berlandieri

Uses

The bark of this plant is used for firewood in Mexico.[9]

References
  1. "Citharexylum berlandieri - B.L. Robins. Negrito Fiddlewood". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  2. "Citharexylum berlandieri". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  3. "Negrito, Fiddlewood, Tamaulipan Fiddlewood, Berlandier Fiddlewood, Orcajuela, Zitherwood, Encorba Gallina, Revienta-Cabra, Sauco Hediondo Citharexylum berlandieri ". Benny Simpson's Texas Native Shrubs. Texas A&M University. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  4. Grandtner, Miroslav M. (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: With Names in Latin, English, French, Spanish and Other Languages. 1. Elsevier. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-444-51784-5.
  5. Everitt, J. H.; Dale Lynn Drawe; Robert I. Lonard (2002). Trees, Shrubs, and Cacti of South Texas. Texas Tech University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-89672-473-0.
  6. "Type of Citharexylum berlandieri B.L.Rob. [family VERBENACEAE]". JSTOR Plant Science. JSTOR. 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  7. "Hortipedia". Retrieved 30 November 2012.
  8. Lawson, Russell M. (2012). Frontier Naturalist: Jean Louis Berlandier and the Exploration of Northern Mexico and Texas. University of New Mexico Press. p. 203. ISBN 9780826352170.
  9. "Tropical Flower". Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-11-30.


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