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Amyris texana
Also called Torchwood Amyris
Amyris texana, commonly known as the Texas torchwood or chapotillo, is a species of flowering plant in the rue family, Rutaceae. It is native to southern Texas and northeastern Mexico.
It is found in the Tamaulipan mezquital ecoregion. In Mexico, it is abundant in Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas. It occurs in the United States only in south Texas. It is found in subtropical or tropical coastal thickets, chaparral, brush, and mesic forest understory at altitudes ranging from sea level to about 5,900 ft (1,800 m).
Sea torchwood · Mountain torchwood · Amyris polymorpha · Torchwood
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amyris texana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
