Styrax

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Styrax L.
STYRACACEAE
SNOWBELL
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Classification
ERICALES
Styrax
Citation
STYRAX Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 444. 1753.
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TYPE: Styrax officinalis Linnaeus
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Styrax americanus AMERICAN SNOWBELL Native FACW (NWPL) OBL (DEP)
Styrax grandifolius BIGLEAF SNOWBELL Native FACU (NWPL)
Identification Key
1.  Petiole 2-6 mm long; largest leaf blades on sterile shoots 2-5.7 cm wide, the longest arms of leaf hairs 0.1-0.2 mm long; calyx 2.5-4 mm long; corolla tube 1.5-3 mm; false-terminal racemes 2-3.5 cm; fruit capsular, dehiscent nearly or completely to base, broadly exposing seeds
S. americanus
1.  Petiole 4-12 mm long; largest leaf blades on sterile shoots 5-20 cm wide, the longest arms of leaf hairs 0.2-0.6 mm long; calyx 4-6 mm long; corolla tubes 3-5 mm; false-terminal racemes 3-11.5 cm; fruit nutlike, indehiscent or at most with 1-3 narrow longitudinal fissures, barely exposing seeds
S. grandifolius
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Benzoin Benzoin Hayne, Getreue Darstell. Gew. 11: t. 24. 1830, non Boerhaave ex Schaeffer 1760. TYPE: Benzoin officinalis Hayne (Styrax benzoin Dryander)
Cyrta Cyrta Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 258, 278. 1790. TYPE: Cyrta agrestis Loureiro
Epigenia Epigenia Vellozo, Fl. Flumin. 183. 1829 ("1825"). TYPE: Non designatus.
Foveolaria Foveolaria Ruiz Lopez & Pavon, Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 47, t. 9. 1794. TYPE: Non designatus.
Plagiospermum Plagiospermum Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. t. 260. 1892, non Cleve 1868. TYPE: Plagiospermum benzoin (Dryander) Pierre (Styrax benzoin Dryander) Substitute name for Benzoin Hayne 1829, non Boerhaave ex Schaeffer 1760.
Strigilia Strigilia Cavanilles, Diss. 7: 358. 1789. TYPE: Strigilia racemosa Cavanilles
Tremanthus Tremanthus Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 467. 1805. TYPE: = Strigilia Cavanilles 1789.
Trichogamila Trichogamila P. Browne, Civ. Nat. Hist. Jamaica 218. 1756. TYPE: Non designatus.