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Berlandier's fiddlewood

Citharexylum berlandieri

Berlandier's fiddlewood
Photo: TDogg310, CC0
Family
Verbenaceae (Verbena family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Texas to Mexico
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Citharexylum berlandieri is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States and Mexico as far south as Oaxaca. Common names include Tamaulipan fiddlewood, Berlandier fiddlewood, negrito fiddlewood, negrito, and orcajuela. It is a shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 6 m (20 ft). The type specimen of this species was collected from the hills near Las Canoas, San Luis Potosí by Cyrus Pringle in 1890. It was described as a new species the following year by Benjamin Lincoln Robinson, who chose the specific epithet to honour French naturalist Jean-Louis Berlandier.

Other Citharexylum plants

Spiny Fiddlewood · Fiddlewood

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Citharexylum berlandieri 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.

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