Rutaceae
(THE RUE 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).

Amyris P. Br. - TORCHWOOD

    balsamifera L.

    elemifera L.

    madrensis S. Wats. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Mexican amyris (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

    texana (Buckl.) P. Wilson Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Chapatillo, lantrisco (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

    Choisya Kunth - MEXICAN-ORANGE

      dumosa (Torr.) Gray Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Starleaf Mexican-orange, Mexican orange, zorrillo (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

        var. arizonica (Standl.) L. Benson Synonymy: Choisya arizonica Standl.

        var. dumosa

        var. mollis (Standl.) L. Benson Synonymy: Choisya mollis Standl.

      Citrus L. - GRAPEFRUIT, LEMON, LIME, AND ORANGE

        aurantifolia (Christm.) Swingle Synonymy: Limonia aurantifolia Christm.

        aurantium L.

        limetta Risso

        limon (L.) Burm. f.

        X limonia Osbeck (pro sp.) [limon X reticulata] Synonymy: Citrus limonum Risso

        maxima (Burm. f.) Merr. Synonymy: Citrus decumana (L.) L. , Citrus grandis (L.) Osbeck

        medica L.

        X paradisi Macfad. (pro sp.) [maxima X sinensis]

        reticulata Blanco

        sinensis (L.) Osbeck Synonymy: Citrus aurantium var. sinensis L.

        Cneoridium Hook. f. - BUSH-RUE

          dumosum (Nutt.) Hook. f. ex Baill. Synonymy: Pitavia dumosa Nutt.

          Dictamnus L. - GASPLANT

            albus L.

            Esenbeckia Kunth - JOPOY

              berlandieri Baill. ex Hemsl. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Runyon esenbeckia, gasparillo (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Esenbeckia runyonii Morton

              Flindersia R. Br. - QUEENSLAND-MAPLE

                brayleyana F. Muell.

                Fortunella Swingle - KUMQUAT

                  japonica (Thunb.) Swingle

                  margarita (Lour.) Swingle

                  Glycosmis Correa - FLOWER-AXIS-TREE

                    parviflora (Sims) Little Synonymy: Glycosmis citrifolia (Willd.) Lindl.

                    Helietta Tul. - BARRETA

                      parvifolia (Gray ex Hemsl.) Benth. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Barreta (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

                      Melicope (J.R. & G. Forst.) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone - MELICOPE

                        adscendens (St. John & Hume) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, the FWS local name is Alani and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (HI). Listed on December 5, 1994 (Volume 59 Federal Register 62352). Synonymy: Pelea adscendens St. John & Hume

                        anisata (Mann) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea anisata Mann , Pelea anisata var. haupuana B.C. Stone

                        balloui (Rock) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, the FWS local name is Alani and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (HI). Listed on December 5, 1994 (Volume 59 Federal Register 62352). Synonymy: Pelea balloui Rock , Pelea mannii Hbd. p.p. , Pelea olowaluensis St. John , Pelea ukeleteensis St. John

                        barbigera Gray Synonymy: Pelea barbigera (Gray) Hbd.

                        christophersenii (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea christophersenii St. John , Pelea kauaensis St. John , Pelea storeyana St. John & Hume

                        cinerea Gray Synonymy: Pelea cinerea (Gray) Hbd. , Pelea cinerea var. mauiana B.C. Stone , Pelea cinerea var. skottsbergii B.C. Stone

                        clusiifolia (Gray) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea clusiifolia Gray , Pelea clusiifolia ssp. cookeana (Rock) B.C. Stone , Pelea clusiifolia ssp. dumosa (Rock) B.C. Stone , Pelea clusiifolia ssp. sapotifolia (Mann) B.C. Stone , Pelea clusiifolia var. auriculifolia (Gray) B.C. Stone , Pelea clusiifolia var. crassiloba B.C. Stone , Pelea clusiifolia var. cuneata St. John & Hume , Pelea clusiifolia var. dumosa (Rock) B.C. Stone , Pelea clusiifolia var. ecuneata St. John , Pelea clusiifolia var. fauriei (Levl.) St. John & Hume , Pelea clusiifolia var. pickeringii (St. John) B.C. Stone , Pelea pickeringii St. John , Pelea pickeringii var. citriodorata St. John

                        cruciata (Heller) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea cruciata Heller

                        degeneri (B.C. Stone) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea degeneri B.C. Stone

                        elliptica Gray Synonymy: Pelea elliptica (Gray) Hbd. , Pelea elliptica var. mauiensis St. John

                        feddei (Levl.) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea feddei Levl. , Pelea gayana Rock , Pelea paludosa St. John , Pelea wainihaensis St. John

                        haleakalae (B.C. Stone) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea clusiifolia var. minor St. John , Pelea haleakalae B.C. Stone

                        haupuensis (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, the FWS local name is Alani and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (HI). Listed on February 25, 1994 (Volume 59 Federal Register 9327). Synonymy: Pelea haupuensis St. John

                        hawaiensis (Wawra) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea hawaiensis Wawra , Pelea hawaiensis var. brighamii (St. John) B.C. Stone , Pelea hawaiensis var. gaudichaudii (St. John) B.C. Stone , Pelea hawaiensis var. molokaiana B.C. Stone , Pelea hawaiensis var. pilosa St. John , Pelea hawaiensis var. racemiflora (Rock) St. John , Pelea hawaiensis var. remyana B.C. Stone , Pelea hawaiensis var. rubra (Rock) B.C. Stone , Pelea hawaiensis var. sulfurea (Rock) B.C. Stone , Pelea kilaueaensis St. John

                        honoluluensis (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea honoluluensis St. John , Pelea hosakae St. John

                        kaalaensis (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea kaalaensis St. John

                        kavaiensis (Mann) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Melicope lohiauana (B.C. Stone) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone , Pelea kavaiensis Mann , Pelea lohiauana B.C. Stone , Pelea pluvialis St. John , Pelea recurvata Rock

                        knudsenii (Hbd.) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, the FWS local name is Alani and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (HI). Listed on February 25, 1994 (Volume 59 Federal Register 9327). Synonymy: Pelea knudsenii Hbd. , Pelea multiflora Rock , Pelea tomentosa St. John & Hume

                        lydgatei (Hbd.) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, the FWS local name is Alani and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (HI). Listed on March 28, 1994 (Volume 59 Federal Register 14493). Synonymy: Pelea apoda St. John , Pelea descendens St. John , Pelea lydgatei Hbd. , Pelea parvifolia Hbd. , Pelea parvifolia var. apoda (St. John) B.C. Stone , Pelea parvifolia var. sessilis (Levl.) B.C. Stone , Pelea semiternata St. John

                        macropus (Hbd.) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea macropus Hbd.

                        makahae (B.C. Stone) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea makahae B.C. Stone

                        mauii T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea parvifolia Hbd., non Melicope parvifolia C.T. White

                        molokaiensis (Hbd.) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea foetida Levl. , Pelea molokaiensis Hbd. , Pelea stellata St. John

                        mucronulata (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, the FWS local name is Alani and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (HI). Listed on May 15, 1992 (Volume 57 Federal Register 20787). Synonymy: Pelea mucronulata St. John

                        munroi (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea munroi St. John

                        nealiae (B.C. Stone) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea nealiae B.C. Stone

                        oahuensis (Levl.) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea lucens (Hbd.) St. John , Pelea oahuensis Levl.

                        obovata (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea obovata St. John

                        orbicularis (Hbd.) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea orbicularis Hbd. , Pelea orbicularis var. tonsa St. John & Hume

                        ovalis (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, the FWS local name is Alani and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (HI). Listed on December 5, 1994 (Volume 59 Federal Register 62352). Synonymy: Pelea ovalis St. John

                        ovata (St. John & Hume) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea glabra St. John , Pelea ovata St. John & Hume

                        pallida (Hbd.) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, the FWS local name is Alani and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (HI). Listed on February 25, 1994 (Volume 59 Federal Register 9327). Synonymy: Pelea leveillei Faurie ex Levl. , Pelea pallida Hbd.

                        paniculata (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea paniculata St. John

                        peduncularis (Levl.) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea niuensis St. John , Pelea paloloensis St. John , Pelea peduncularis Levl. , Pelea peduncularis var. cordata B.C. Stone , Pelea peduncularis var. niuensis (St. John) B.C. Stone , Pelea peduncularis var. nummularia B.C. Stone , Pelea peduncularis var. paloloensis (St. John) B.C. Stone , Pelea peduncularis var. pauciflora (St. John) B.C. Stone , Pelea peduncularis var. quadrata B.C. Stone , Pelea peduncularis var. ternifolia (B.C. Stone) B.C. Stone , Pelea waimeaensis St. John & Hume , Pelea wawraeana var. tenuifolia St. John & Hume

                        pseudoanisata (Rock) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Melicope puauluensis (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone , Pelea cauliflora St. John , Pelea pseudoanisata Rock , Pelea pseudoanisata var. oblanceolata (St. John) B.C. Stone , Pelea puauluensis St. John

                        puberula (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea puberula St. John

                        quadrangularis (St. John & Hume) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, the FWS local name is Alani and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (HI). Listed on February 25, 1994 (Volume 59 Federal Register 9327). Synonymy: Pelea quadrangularis St. John & Hume

                        radiata (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea lanceolata St. John & Hume , Pelea punaensis St. John , Pelea radiata St. John , Pelea scandens St. John

                        reflexa (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, the FWS local name is Alani and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (HI). Listed on October 8, 1992 (Volume 57 Federal Register 46339). Synonymy: Pelea reflexa St. John

                        rotundifolia (Gray) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea rotundifolia Gray

                        saint-johnii (Hume) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea elongata (Hbd.) St. John , Pelea saint-johnii Hume , Pelea saint-johnii var. elongata (Hbd.) B.C. Stone

                        sandwicensis (Hook. & Arn.) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Melicope cinereops (St. John & Hume) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone , Pelea cinereops St. John & Hume , Pelea sandwicensis (Hook. & Arn.) Gray

                        volcanica (Gray) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea ahiaensis St. John , Pelea anapanapaensis St. John , Pelea grandifolia (Hbd.) St. John & Hume , Pelea grandifolia var. hualalaiensis (St. John) B.C. Stone , Pelea grandifolia var. lianoides (Rock) B.C. Stone , Pelea grandifolia var. montana (Rock) B.C. Stone , Pelea grandifolia var. ovalifolia (Hbd.) St. John , Pelea grandifolia var. terminalis (Rock) B.C. Stone , Pelea kipahuluensis St. John , Pelea manukaensis St. John , Pelea oblongifolia Gray , Pelea oblongifolia var. manukaensis (St. John) B.C. Stone , Pelea volcanica Gray , Pelea volcanica var. kohalae B.C. Stone

                        waialealae (Wawra) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea waialealae Wawra , Pelea waialealae var. latior St. John & Hume , Pelea waialealae var. pubescens Skottsberg

                        wailauensis (St. John) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea wailauensis St. John

                        wawraeana (Rock) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Melicope hiiakae (B.C. Stone) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone , Melicope lakae (B.C. Stone) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone , Pelea hiiakae B.C. Stone , Pelea lakae B.C. Stone , Pelea wahiawaensis St. John & Hume , Pelea waipioensis St. John , Pelea wawraeana Rock , Pelea wawraeana var. pubens St. John

                        zahlbruckneri (Rock) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone Synonymy: Pelea zahlbruckneri Rock

                        Murraya Koenig ex L. - COSMETIC-BARK-TREE

                          exotica L. Synonymy: Chalcas exotica (L.) Millsp. , Chalcas paniculata L. , Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack

                          Phellodendron Rupr. - CORKTREE

                            amurense Rupr.

                            japonicum Maxim.

                            sachalinense (F. Schmidt) Sarg.

                            Pilocarpus Vahl - ACEITILLO

                              racemosus Vahl

                              Platydesma Mann - PILO KEA

                                cornuta Hbd.

                                  var. cornuta

                                  var. decurrens B.C. Stone

                                remyi (Sherff) O.& I. Deg., Sherff & B.C. Stone

                                rostrata Hbd.

                                spathulata (Gray) B.C. Stone Synonymy: Platydesma spathulata var. pallida (Hbd.) B.C. Stone , Platydesma spathulata var. pubescens (Skottsberg) B.C. Stone

                                Poncirus Raf. - HARDY-ORANGE

                                  trifoliata (L.) Raf. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Bitter orange, trifoliate orange (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Citrus trifoliata L.

                                  Ptelea L. - HOPTREE

                                    crenulata Greene

                                    trifoliata L.

                                      ssp. angustifolia (Benth.) V. Bailey

                                        var. angustifolia (Benth.) M.E. Jones Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Ptelea angustifolia Benth.

                                        var. persicifolia (Greene) V. Bailey Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

                                      ssp. pallida (Greene) V. Bailey

                                        var. cognata (Greene) Kearney & Peebles Synonymy: Ptelea angustifolia var. cognata (Greene) Kearney & Peebles

                                        var. confinis (Greene) V. Bailey

                                        var. lutescens (Greene) V. Bailey

                                        var. pallida (Greene) V. Bailey Synonymy: Ptelea pallida Greene

                                      ssp. polyadenia (Greene) V. Bailey Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Mountain hoptree (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Ptelea monticola Greene

                                      ssp. trifoliata

                                        var. mollis Torr. & Gray Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Woolly hoptree (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Ptelea tomentosa Raf.

                                        var. trifoliata Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Common hoptree, stinking ash, waferash (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Ptelea baldwinii Torr. & Gray , Ptelea microcarpa Small , Ptelea serrata Small , Ptelea trifoliata var. deamiana Nieuwl.

                                    Ravenia Vell. - TORTUGO-PRIETO

                                      urbanii Engl. ex Urban

                                      Ruta L. - RUE

                                        chalepensis L. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Rue (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

                                        graveolens L. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Common rue, herb-of-grace, ruda (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

                                        Severinia Ten. ex Endl. - BOX-ORANGE

                                          monophylla (L.) Tanaka

                                          Thamnosma Torr. & Frém. - TURPENTINE-BROOM

                                            montana Torr. & Frém.

                                            texana (Gray) Torr. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Dutchman's breeches, Texas desertrue, ruda del monte (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

                                            Triphasia Lour. - LIMEBERRY

                                              trifolia (Burm. f.) P. Wilson Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Limeberry (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

                                              Zanthoxylum L. - HERCULES'-CLUB, PRICKLY-ASH, AND TOOTHAC

                                                americanum P. Mill.

                                                bifoliolatum Léonard

                                                caribaeum Lam.

                                                clava-herculis L. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Hercules club, southern pricklyash, pepperbark, pricklyash, trickle-tongue, toothache tree (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Zanthoxylum macrophyllum Nutt.

                                                coriaceum A. Rich.

                                                dipetalum Mann

                                                  var. dipetalum Synonymy: Zanthoxylum dipetalum var. degeneri (Skottsberg) St. John , Zanthoxylum dipetalum var. geminicarpum Rock , Zanthoxylum dipetalum var. hillebrandii (Sherff) St. John , Zanthoxylum dipetalum var. mannii (Sherff) St. John

                                                  var. tomentosum Rock

                                                fagara (L.) Sarg. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Lime pricklyash, colima (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone)

                                                flavum Vahl

                                                hawaiiense Hbd. Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, the FWS local name is A`e and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (HI). Listed on March 4, 1994 (Volume 59 Federal Register 10324). Synonymy: Zanthoxylum bluettianum Rock , Zanthoxylum hawaiiense var. citriodorum Rock , Zanthoxylum hawaiiense var. subacutum (Sherff) St. John , Zanthoxylum hawaiiense var. velutinosum Rock

                                                hirsutum Buckl. Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Zanthoxylum clava-herculis var. fruticosum (Gray) S. Wats.

                                                kauaense Gray Synonymy: Zanthoxylum glandulosum Hbd., non Raf. , Zanthoxylum hillebrandii Waterman , Zanthoxylum hillebrandii var. hiloense (Sherff) St. John , Zanthoxylum kauaense var. kohalanum (Sherff) St. John , Zanthoxylum kauaense var. kohuanum (Skottsberg) St. John , Zanthoxylum kauaense var. tenuifolium (O. Deg. ex Sherff) St. John , Zanthoxylum maviense Mann , Zanthoxylum maviense var. anceps Rock , Zanthoxylum maviense var. cranwelliae (Skottsberg) St. John , Zanthoxylum maviense var. kaalanum (Sherff) St. John , Zanthoxylum maviense var. lanaiense (Sherff) St. John , Zanthoxylum maviense var. maunahuiense (Sherff) St. John , Zanthoxylum maviense var. rigidum Rock , Zanthoxylum molokaiense B.C. Stone , Zanthoxylum semiarticulatum St. John & Hosaka , Zanthoxylum semiarticulatum var. sessile (O. Deg.) Fosberg , Zanthoxylum skottsbergii (O.& I. Deg.) St. John

                                                martinicense (Lam.) DC.

                                                monophyllum (Lam.) P. Wilson

                                                oahuense Hbd.

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

                                                punctatum Vahl

                                                spinifex (Jacq.) DC.

                                                thomasianum (Krug & Urban) Krug & Urban ex P. Wilson Listed by the U.S. FWS as endangered, the FWS local name is St. Thomas prickly-ash and the FWS range is: U.S.A. (PR, VI). Listed on December 21, 1985 (Volume 50 Federal Register 51870).


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