Citharexylum berlandieri

Citharexylum berlandieri
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Verbenaceae
Genus:	Citharexylum
Species:	C. berlandieri
Binomial name
Citharexylum berlandieri B.L.Rob.[2]
Natural range of Citharexylum berlandieri

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[3] and Mexico as far south as Oaxaca.[2] Common names include Tamaulipan fiddlewood, Berlandier fiddlewood, negrito fiddlewood,[1] negrito, and orcajuela.[4] It is a shrub or small tree, reaching a height of 6 m (20 ft).[5] The type specimen of this species was collected from the hills near Las Canoas, San Luis Potosí by Cyrus Pringle in 1890.[6] It was described as a new species the following year by Benjamin Lincoln Robinson,[7] who chose the specific epithet to honour French naturalist Jean-Louis Berlandier.[8]

Uses

The bark of this plant is used for firewood in Mexico.[9]

References

1. "Citharexylum berlandieri - B.L. Robins. Negrito Fiddlewood". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. Retrieved 2009-12-15.^[permanent dead link‍]
2. "Citharexylum berlandieri". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
3. "Negrito, Fiddlewood, Tamaulipan Fiddlewood, Berlandier Fiddlewood, Orcajuela, Zitherwood, Encorba Gallina, Revienta-Cabra, Sauco Hediondo Citharexylum berlandieri ". Benny Simpson's Texas Native Shrubs. Texas A&M University. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
4. Grandtner, Miroslav M. (2005). Elsevier's Dictionary of Trees: With Names in Latin, English, French, Spanish and Other Languages. Vol. 1. Elsevier. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-444-51784-5.
5. Everitt, J. H.; Dale Lynn Drawe; Robert I. Lonard (2002). Trees, Shrubs, and Cacti of South Texas. Texas Tech University Press. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-89672-473-0.
6. "Type of Citharexylum berlandieri B.L.Rob. [family VERBENACEAE]". JSTOR Plant Science. JSTOR. 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
7. "Hortipedia". Retrieved 30 November 2012.
8. Lawson, Russell M. (2012). Frontier Naturalist: Jean Louis Berlandier and the Exploration of Northern Mexico and Texas. University of New Mexico Press. p. 203. ISBN 9780826352170.
9. "Tropical Flower". Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2012-11-30.

External links

• Media related to Citharexylum berlandieri at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Citharexylum berlandieri at Wikispecies
• "Citharexylum berlandieri" (PDF). Digital Representations of Tree Species Range Maps from "Atlas of United States Trees" by Elbert L. Little, Jr. (and other publications). United States Geological Survey.