PLANTS Profile for Guettarda elliptica (hammock velvetseed)

Name Search
name search type enter a search name
	State Search
	Advanced Search
	Search Help


	Alternative Crops
	Characteristics
	Classification
	Cover Crops
	Culturally Significant
	Distribution Update
	Documentation
	Fact Sheets & Plant Guides
	Introduced, Invasive, and Noxious Plants
	Links
	Threatened & Endangered
	Wetland Indicator Status



	40,000+ Plant Images
	Submit Your Digital Images



	Complete PLANTS Checklist
	State PLANTS Checklist
	Advanced Search Download
	Symbols for Unknown Plants
	NRCS State GSAT Lists
	NRCS State Plants Lists



	Crop Nutrient Tool
	Ecological Site Information System
	PLANTS Identification Keys
	Plant Materials Web Site
	Plant Materials Publications
	USDA Plant Hardiness Map

PLANTS Profile

Guettarda elliptica Sw.
hammock velvetseed

Symbol:

GUEL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rubiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Tree
Shrub

More Information:

Distribution:
Guettarda elliptica Sw.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Guettarda elliptica Sw.

View 84 genera in Rubiaceae, 8 species in Guettarda

Classification:
Guettarda elliptica Sw.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Rubiales
Family	Rubiaceae – Madder family
Genus	Guettarda L. – guettarda
Species	Guettarda elliptica Sw. – hammock velvetseed

More Accounts and Images:
Guettarda elliptica Sw.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 34997.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 04:55 AM CDT