Styrax redivivus

Higher Taxonomy

Family: Styracaceae

Common Name: STORAX FAMILY
Habit: Shrub, tree, stellate-[peltate-]hairy. Leaf: simple, alternate, deciduous [evergreen]; stipules 0. Inflorescence: panicle, raceme, cyme, or flowers 1. Flower: generally bisexual, radial, generally showy, fragrant; sepals fused, calyx [(0)]5(9)-toothed, persistent; petals (4)5(10), fused below; stamens generally 2 × petal number, fused to corolla tube, in 1 series, anthers oblong, 2-chambered, longitudinally dehiscent, yellow; ovary +- superior [to inferior], septa [2]3[5], style 1, thread-like, stigma dot-like or minutely lobed. Fruit: capsule [indehiscent (nut-like, winged or not) or drupe]. Seed: 1(3)[4--50+].
Genera In Family: 11 genera, +- 160 species: United States to South America; also Mediterranean, eastern Asia; some cultivated as ornamental (Styrax, Halesia).
eFlora Treatment Author: Peter W. Fritsch
Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.

Genus: Styrax

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Common Name: SNOWDROP BUSH
Habit: Buds superposed, naked. Inflorescence: generally raceme, drooping. Flower: calyx minutely [(0)]5(9)-toothed; corolla lobes 5(10); stamens 10(16), filaments generally fused at base; ovary +- superior. Fruit: 3-valved, partly dehiscent capsule [indehiscent (nut-like) or drupe], +- spheric.
Etymology: (Greek: name of Theophrastus for plant providing gum storax)
Reference: Fritsch 2001 Molec Phylogen Evol 19:387--408
Unabridged Reference: Fritsch 1996 Aliso 14:205--218; Fritsch 1999 Syst Bot 24:356--378; Fritsch 2001 Molec Phylogen Evol 19(3)387--408

Styrax redivivus (Torr.) L.C. Wheeler

NATIVE
Habit: Shrub 1--4 m. Leaf: petiole 3--14 mm; blade 2--8 cm, ovate to +- round or obovate, entire. Inflorescence: 2--5 cm, 1--6-flowered, terminal on branchlets; pedicel 4--9 mm. Flower: calyx teeth 6--9, unequal; corolla 12--26 mm, 5--10-lobed, bell-shaped, white; filaments white, anthers 4--6 mm. Fruit: 11--15 mm. Seed: 10--12 mm, spheric-ovoid, light brown, smooth.
Ecology: Uncommon. Dry places in chaparral, woodland; Elevation: generally < 1500 m. Bioregional Distribution: KR, NCoRH, NCoRI, CaR, SN, ScV, SCoRO, SCo, TR, PR, DMoj; Distribution Outside California: southwestern Oregon. Flowering Time: Apr--Jun Note: Leaf blade, calyx hair density increases northern to southern California.
Synonyms: Darlingtonia rediviva Torr.; Styrax officinalis L. var. californicus (Torr.) Rehd.; Styrax officinalis var. fulvescens (Eastw.) Munz & I.M. Johnst.; Styrax officinalis var. redivivus (Torr.) R.A. Howard
Jepson eFlora Author: Peter W. Fritsch
Reference: Fritsch 2001 Molec Phylogen Evol 19:387--408
Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange)

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Citation for this treatment: Peter W. Fritsch 2012, Styrax redivivus, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=80616, accessed on April 24, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 24, 2024.

Styrax redivivus

Styrax redivivus

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Geographic subdivisions for Styrax redivivus: KR, NCoRH, NCoRI, CaR, SN, ScV, SCoRO, SCo, TR, PR, DMoj	MAP CONTROLS 1. You can change the display of the base map layer control box in the upper right-hand corner. 2. County and Jepson Region polygons can be turned off and on using the check boxes.

(Note: any qualifiers in the taxon distribution description, such as 'northern', 'southern', 'adjacent' etc., are not reflected in the map above, and in some cases indication of a taxon in a subdivision is based on a single collection or author-verified occurence).	Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria. MAP LEGEND View all CCH records All markers link to CCH specimen records. The original determination is shown in the popup window. Blue markers indicate specimens that map to one of the expected Jepson geographic subdivisions (see left map). Purple markers indicate specimens collected from a garden, greenhouse, or other non-wild location. Yellow markers indicate records that may provide evidence for eFlora range revision or may have georeferencing or identification issues. READ ABOUT YELLOW FLAGS CCH collections by month Duplicates counted once; synonyms included. Species do not include records of infraspecific taxa, if there are more than 1 infraspecific taxon in CA. Blue line denotes eFlora flowering time (fruiting time in some monocot genera).