Garrya ovata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Garryales |
| Family: | Garryaceae |
| Genus: | Garrya |
| Species: | G. ovata
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| Binomial name | |
| Garrya ovata | |
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Fadyenia ovata (Benth.) Endl. | |
Garrya ovata, the eggleaf silktassel, Mexican silktassel, or eggleaf garrya, is a plant species native to New Mexico, Texas, and to central and northern Mexico.
The plant is usually found as an understory species in moist forests, such as Madrean pine-oak woodlands.
Description
[edit]Garrya ovata is a shrub up to 6–8 feet (1.8–2.4 m) tall and wide.[2] The leaves are thick and leathery, ovate, up to 10 cm (4 in) long, tomentose on both sides when young, at maturity glabrous above but tomentose below.[3][4][5]
Flowers are arranged in pendulous (hanging) racemes, and are green. It blooms in March through May.[2]
Fruits are dark blue, spherical, up to 8 mm (0.31 in) in diameter.[6]
Subspecies
[edit]Three subspecies are currently recognized, regarded by some authors as separate species:[1][7]
- Garrya ovata subsp. ovata
- Garrya ovata subsp. goldmanii — (Wooton & Standl.) Dahling
- Garrya ovata subsp. lindheimeri — (Torr.) Dahling
Of the three, only Garrya ovata subsp. lindheimeri is found within the United States.
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Plant List
- ^ a b NPIN
- ^ Bentham, George. 1839. Plantas Hartwegianas imprimis Mexicanas 14.
- ^ Carranza González, Eleazar. 1996. Garryaceae. Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes 49:1-16. Instituto de Ecología.
- ^ Dahling, G. V. 1978. Systematics and evolution of Garrya. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. 209: 1–104.
- ^ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
- ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
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