Cephalanthus salicifolius

Cephalanthus salicifolius
Systematics
Class :	Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
	Euasterids I
Order :	Enzianartige (Gentianales)
Family :	Red family (Rubiaceae)
Genre :	Cephalanthus
Type :	Cephalanthus salicifolius
Scientific name
	Cephalanthus salicifolius
	Humb. & Bonpl.

Cephalanthus salicifolius is a plant from the plant genus Cephalanthus within the family of the Rubiaceae (Rubiaceae). It is spread from the southern USA via Mexico to Central America and is called Mexican buttonbush in English , mimbre, botoncillo, Jazmin blanco in Spanish .

description

Vegetative characteristics

Cephalanthus salicifolius is a deciduous shrub or small tree that reaches heights of 2.5 to 5.5 meters and a diameter of 1.2 to 3 meters.

The opposite arranged leaves are divided into a petiole and a leaf blade. The simple leaf blade is oblong with a length of about 12 centimeters and a width of about 23 millimeters.

Generative characteristics

The flowering period extends from March to July. The white flowers are arranged in spherical inflorescences. The collective fruit contains brown nuts.

Occurrence

The natural range of Cephalanthus salicifolius extends from the shores of the southernmost part of the Rio Grande Valley in the counties Cameron and Hidalgo in Texas through most of Mexico from Coahuila to Oaxaca ; there is another disjoint area in Honduras .

Cephalanthus salicifolius grows on moist soils of the floodplain zone , in breaks and on the banks of standing water.

Taxonomy

The first description of Cephalanthus salicifolius was in 1809 by Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland in Plantae Aequinoctiales , 2nd synonyms for Cephalanthus salicifolius Humb. & Bonpl. are: Cephalanthus occidentalis var. salicifolius (Humb. & Bonpl.) A. Gray , Cephalanthus occidentalis subsp. salicifolius (Humb. & Bonpl.) Borhidi & Diego , Cephalanthus peroblongus Wernham .

Individual evidence

↑ G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp, F. Chiang Cabrera: Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae . In: G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.): Flora Mesoamericana , Volume 4 (2). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis 2012, pp. I-xvi, 1-533.
↑ ^a ^b Mexican Buttonbush, Mimbre, Botoncillo, Jazmin Blanco Cephalanthus salicifolius . In: Texas Native Shrubs . Texas A&M University. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
^ ^A ^b Donovan Stewart Correll, Helen B. Correll: Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southwestern United States , Volume 2. Stanford University Press, 1975, ISBN 978-0-8047-0866-1 .
Jump up ↑ JH Everitt, Dale Lynn Drawe, Robert I. Lonard: Trees, Shrubs, and Cacti of South Texas . Texas Tech University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-89672-473-0 .
↑ Christina Mild: Wonderful and Woody Shrubs of the Water's Edge ... and Beyond . Native Plant Project. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
↑ Cephalanthus salicifolius, 2014 county distribution map . Biota of North America Program. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
^ Native Pond and Wetland Plants of the Rio Grande Valley, Texas: Landscape Uses and Identification . Native Plant Project. Retrieved October 10, 2009.
↑ First description scanned in biodiversitylibrary.org .
↑ Cephalanthus salicifolius at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Retrieved August 20, 2019.
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Cephalanthus salicifolius. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 20, 2019.

Web links

Alfred Richardson: Plants of Deep South Texas: A Field Guide to the Woody and Flowering Species. In: Texas A&M University Press, 2011. Cephalanthus salicifolius at p. 369.
Datasheet: Mexican Buttonbush, Mimbre, Botoncillo, Jazmin Blanco - Cephalanthus salicifolius at Texas Native Shrubs - Benny Simpson: A Collection of photographs online at Texas Agricultural Experiment Station in Dallas , Texas A&M University . (English)
Gardening Europe, Cephalanthus salicifolius (Italian)
Data sheet with photos of Cephalanthus salicifolius .

[FloraMesoamericana-1] G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp, F. Chiang Cabrera: Rubiaceae a Verbenaceae . In: G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez, S. Knapp & F. Chiang Cabrera (eds.): Flora Mesoamericana , Volume 4 (2). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis 2012, pp. I-xvi, 1-533.

[TexasNative-2] Mexican Buttonbush, Mimbre, Botoncillo, Jazmin Blanco Cephalanthus salicifolius . In: Texas Native Shrubs . Texas A&M University. Retrieved October 10, 2009.

[Correll1975-3] A ^b Donovan Stewart Correll, Helen B. Correll: Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southwestern United States , Volume 2. Stanford University Press, 1975, ISBN 978-0-8047-0866-1 .

[Everitt2002-4] Jump up ↑ JH Everitt, Dale Lynn Drawe, Robert I. Lonard: Trees, Shrubs, and Cacti of South Texas . Texas Tech University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-89672-473-0 .

[5] Christina Mild: Wonderful and Woody Shrubs of the Water's Edge ... and Beyond . Native Plant Project. Retrieved October 10, 2009.

[6] Cephalanthus salicifolius, 2014 county distribution map . Biota of North America Program. Retrieved August 20, 2019.

[7] Native Pond and Wetland Plants of the Rio Grande Valley, Texas: Landscape Uses and Identification . Native Plant Project. Retrieved October 10, 2009.

[Erstbeschreibung-8] First description scanned in biodiversitylibrary.org .

[Tropicos-9] Cephalanthus salicifolius at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Retrieved August 20, 2019.

[WCSP-10] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Cephalanthus salicifolius. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved August 20, 2019.