Summary
Place of publication:
Prodr. 7(2):601. 1839
Verified:
04/17/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Chester, E. W. et al. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants. 1993-1997
- Clark, R. C. 1971. The woody plants of Alabama. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 58:219.
- Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. 1993
- Foster, S. & J. A. Duke. A field guide to medicinal plants: Eastern/Central North America, 2nd ed. 2000
- Grellin, J. K. & J. Philpott. A reference guide to medicinal plants. 1990
- Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
- Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
- Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984
- Little, E. L., Jr. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541. 1979
- Luteyn, J. L. et al. 1996. Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:130.
- Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
- Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). The vascular flora of Ohio. 1967-
- Rehder, A. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs. 1949
- Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
- Wiersema, J. H. 1995. pers. comm.
Common names
English
sorreltree – sourwood –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | North-Central U.S.A. | United States | Missouri | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Indiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Ohio | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northeastern U.S.A. | United States | Pennsylvania | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Alabama | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Georgia | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Kentucky | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Maryland | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Mississippi | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | North Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | South Carolina | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Tennessee | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Virginia | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Northern America
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NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Missouri]
-
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania]
-
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
Cultivated
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Bee plants | honey production | | Wiersema, J. H. 1995. pers. comm. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311632.
Accessed 20 September 2024.