Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Halesia J.Ellis ex L.
SILVERBELL

Classification

ERICALES
Halesia

Citation

HALESIA J. Ellis ex Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 1041, 1044, 1369. 1759, nom. cons. vs. Halesia P. Browne 1756.
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TYPE: Halesia carolina Linnaeus

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Halesia carolina CAROLINA SILVERBELL Native FACU (NWPL)
Halesia diptera TWO-WING SILVERBELL Native FAC (NWPL) FACW (DEP)

Identification Key

1.  Leaf blade 1.5-3.3 times longer than wide, margin mosty with 25-80 teeth per side; sepals 2-5 mm long; corollas glabrous, tube 7-26 mm; stamens 12-16; filaments adnate to corolla 2-3 mm; styles glabrous; fruits 4-winged, wings roughly equal
1.  Leaf blade 1.2-2.2 times longer than wide, margin mostly with 12-26 teeth per side; sepals 4-8 mm long; corollas pubescent, the free lobes half or more the flower length; stamens 7-10; filaments adnate to corolla to 1 mm; styles hairy; fruits 2- or 4-winged, if 4-winged then 2 broad wings alternate with 2 much narrower wings

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Carlomohria Carlomohria Greene, Erythea 1: 236. 3 Nov 1893. TYPE: = Halesia J. Ellis ex Linnaeus 1759. Substitute name for Mohria Britton Oct 1893, non Swartz 1806.
Hillia Hillia Boehmer, in Ludwig, Def. Gen. Pl., ed. 3. 71. 1760, non Jacquin 1760. TYPE: = Halesia J. Ellis ex Linnaeus 1759.
Mohria Mohria Britton, Gard. & Forest 6: 434. Oct 1893, non Swartz 1806. TYPE: = Halesia J. Ellis ex Linnaeus 1759.
Mohrodendron Mohrodendron Britton, Gard. & Forest 6: 463. 8 Nov 1893. TYPE: = Carlomohria Greene 3 Nov 1893; = Halesia J. Ellis ex Linnaeus 1759.
Pterostyrax Pterostyrax Siebold & Zuccarini, Fl. Jap. 1: 94, t. 47. 1839. TYPE: Pterostyrax corymbosus Siebold & Zuccarini