PLANTS Profile for Cordia alliodora (Spanish elm)

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Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken
Spanish elm

Symbol:

COAL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Boraginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Tree

Native Status:

PR		N
VI		N

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Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken

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Synonyms:
Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken

CEAL5

Cerdana alliodora Ruiz & Pav.

Distribution:
Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken


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USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken

View 42 genera in Boraginaceae, 24 species in Cordia

Classification:
Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Lamiales
Family	Boraginaceae – Borage family
Genus	Cordia L. – cordia
Species	Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken – Spanish elm

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Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31751.

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Cordia alliodora (Ruiz & Pav.) Oken

USDA Forest Service-Silvics of North America

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