Sideroxylon salicifolium

(Linnaeus) Lamarck in J. Lamarck and J. Poiret

in J. Lamarck and J. Poiret, Tabl. Encycl. 2: 42. 1794 ,.

Common names: White bully willow bustic
Basionym: Achras salicifolia Linnaeus Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 1: 470. 1762
Synonyms: Bumelia salicifolia (Linnaeus) Swartz Dipholis salicifolia (Linnaeus) A. de Candolle Dipholis salicifolia var. jamaicensis Pierre ex Pierre & Urban
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 243. Mentioned on page 237.

Shrubs or trees, to 25 m. Stems not armed, glabrate. Leaves deciduous; petiole 6–14 mm, glabrous or glabrate; blade (lustrous dark green adaxially), elliptic, 24–111 × 12–40 mm, base attenuate, margins plane, apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surface glabrous or glabrate with hairs scattered along midrib (hairs reddish-brown), venation visible, adaxial surface glabrous, midrib slightly raised, marginal vein present. Inflorescences 5–14-flowered. Pedicels 1–5 mm, sericeous (hairs reddish-brown). Flowers: calyx 1.5–2.5 mm diam.; sepals 5, 1.5–1.6 × 1.3–1.8 mm, sericeous (hairs white to tawny); petals 5, white to cream, median segment ovate to suborbiculate, 1.6–1.8 mm, lateral segments lanceolate, 1.3–1.6 mm; stamens 5, 2.8–3.5 mm; staminodes lanceolate, 1.8–2.2 mm, erose; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, 0.8–1.3 mm; pistil 5-carpellate; ovary 5-locular, 1–1.2 mm, glabrous; style 0.9–1.5 mm. Berries purplish black, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 6–10 mm, glabrous. Seeds 4–6 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat: Pine woodlands and savannas, hammocks
Elevation: 0-100[-1500] m

Distribution

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Fla., Mexico, West Indies, Central America (Belize), Central America (Guatemala)

Discussion

Sideroxylon salicifolium is recognizable readily by twigs lacking short shoots and thorns, glabrous or glabrate abaxial leaf surfaces, glabrous ovaries, and the presence of endosperm. Prior to T. D. Pennington’s (1990) treatment, most authors (e.g., A. Cronquist 1945c) placed S. salicifolium in Dipholis, based on the aforementioned characteristics. Molecular phylogenetic analyses by U. Swenson and A. A. Anderberg (2005) provided robust support for the nesting of S. salicifolium + S. foetidissimum among other sampled species of Sideroxylon. Cronquist noted its similarities in vegetative characters to the neotropical S. persimile (Hemsley) Pennington; the two are differentiated using flower and fruit characters (Pennington).

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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glabrate +  and glabrous +
lanceolate-sagittate +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br />) +
acute +  and acuminate +
Wayne J. Elisens +  and J. Matthew Jones +
(Linnaeus) Lamarck in J. Lamarck and J. Poiret +
attenuate +
Achras salicifolia +
purplish black +
broadly ellipsoid +  and subglobose +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
2.4 cm24 mm <br />0.024 m <br /> (11.1 cm111 mm <br />0.111 m <br />) +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
White bully +  and willow bustic +
tubular +, cyathiform +  and rotate +
Fla. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America (Belize) +  and Central America (Guatemala) +
0-100[-1500] m +
horizontal +, oblique +  and vertical +
Pine woodlands and savannas, hammocks +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br />) +
deciduous +
divided +
2 +  and 1 +
0.16 cm1.6 mm <br />0.0016 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
defoliated +  and leafy +
basal +  and superior +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
white;cream +
glabrate +  and glabrous +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Flowering Feb–May. +
in J. Lamarck and J. Poiret, Tabl. Encycl. +
buff;light-brown +
ellipsoid +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
indurate +
distinct +
0.13 cm1.3 mm <br />0.0013 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
epipetalous +  and antipetalous +
0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
lanceolate +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (0.22 cm2.2 mm <br />0.0022 m <br />) +
lobed +  and capitate +
included +, exserted +  and terminal +
0.09 cm0.9 mm <br />9.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
glabrescent +, glabrate +  and villous sericeous or strigose +
Bumelia salicifolia +, Dipholis salicifolia +  and Dipholis salicifolia var. jamaicensis +
Sideroxylon salicifolium +
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evergreen +  and deciduous +
tree +  and shrub +