Sideroxylon lanuginosum
Encyclopedia
Sideroxylon lanuginosum is a shrub or small tree of the family Sapotaceae
. It is native to the Sun Belt
and Midwest
of the United States
as well as Northeastern Mexico
. Common names include Gum Bully, Black Haw, Chittamwood, Chittimwood, Shittamwood, False Buckthorn, Gum Bumelia, Gum Elastic, Gum Woolybucket, Woolybucket Bumelia, Wooly Buckthorn, Wooly Bumelia, Ironwood and Coma.
Sapotaceae
Sapotaceae is a family of flowering plants, belonging to order Ericales. The family includes approximately 800 species of evergreen trees and shrubs in approximately 65 genera . Distribution is pantropical....
. It is native to the Sun Belt
Sun Belt
The Sun Belt or Spanish Belt is a region of the United States generally considered to stretch across the South and Southwest . Another rough boundary of the region is the area south of the 36th parallel, north latitude. It is the largest region which the U.S government does not recognize officially...
and Midwest
Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an official definition of the American Midwest....
of the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
as well as Northeastern Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. Common names include Gum Bully, Black Haw, Chittamwood, Chittimwood, Shittamwood, False Buckthorn, Gum Bumelia, Gum Elastic, Gum Woolybucket, Woolybucket Bumelia, Wooly Buckthorn, Wooly Bumelia, Ironwood and Coma.
Subspecies
- Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. lanuginosum (syn. Bumelia lanuginosa, Bumelia rufa)
- Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. oblongifolium (Nutt.Thomas NuttallThomas Nuttall was an English botanist and zoologist, who lived and worked in America from 1808 until 1841....
) T.D.Penn. (syn. Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. albicans) - Sideroxylon lanuginosum ssp. rigidum (A.GrayAsa Gray-References:*Asa Gray. Dictionary of American Biography. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928–1936.*Asa Gray. Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed. 17 Vols. Gale Research, 1998.*Asa Gray. Plant Sciences. 4 vols. Macmillan Reference USA, 2001....
) T.D.Penn.