PLANTS Profile for Byrsonima lucida (Long Key locustberry)

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PLANTS Profile

Byrsonima lucida (Mill.) DC.
Long Key locustberry

Symbol:

BYLU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Malpighiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree
Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Byrsonima lucida (Mill.) DC.

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Synonyms:
Byrsonima lucida (Mill.) DC.

BYCU

Byrsonima cuneata (Turcz.) P. Wilson

Distribution:
Byrsonima lucida (Mill.) DC.


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USA (FL), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Byrsonima lucida (Mill.) DC.

View 15 genera in Malpighiaceae, 5 species in Byrsonima

Classification:
Byrsonima lucida (Mill.) DC.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Polygalales
Family	Malpighiaceae – Barbados Cherry family
Genus	Byrsonima Rich. ex Kunth – byrsonima
Species	Byrsonima lucida (Mill.) DC. – Long Key locustberry

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Byrsonima lucida (Mill.) DC.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
locust berry		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Byrsonima lucida (Mill.) DC.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29264.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 08:40 PM CDT