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Ochrosia elliptica Labill.
elliptic yellowwood

   
Symbol: OCEL
Group: Dicot
Family: Apocynaceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree
Shrub
Native Status:  
  



Photograph of Ochrosia elliptica Labill.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad.
 
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Distribution by State:
Ochrosia elliptica Labill.

Distributional Map for Ochrosia elliptica Labill.
Distribution Map Legend

Ochrosia elliptica Labill. distribution:
USA (FL)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
FL

 

Related Taxa:
Ochrosia elliptica Labill.

40 genera in Apocynaceae, 6 species in Ochrosia
 

Classification:
Ochrosia elliptica Labill.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Asteridae
Order   Gentianales
Family   Apocynaceae – Dogbane family
Genus   Ochrosia Juss. – yellowwood
Species   Ochrosia elliptica Labill. – elliptic yellowwood
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Ochrosia elliptica Labill.

elliptic yellowwood
kopsia

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

FLEPPC Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (http://www.fleppc.org/, 19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.
 

Introduced Information:
Ochrosia elliptica Labill.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.

 

 

 
Time Generated: 02/11/2009 10:09 AM MST