Styrax
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[ Styppeiochloa ] [ Styrax ] [ Styrophyton ]

Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Styrax

Siam benzoin
benzoin gum
snowbell
storax
styrax

Hierarchical position of the Genus Styrax

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Rosopsida Batsch
pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.
  
   Subclassis  Dilleniidae Takht. ex Reveal & Tahkt.
pub. 1993
  
   SuperOrdo  Primulanae R. Dahlgren ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 71. 29 Apr 1996.
  
   Ordo  Styracales Bisch.
pub. Lehrb. Bot. 2(2): 655. 1839.
  
   Familia  Styracaceae Dumort.
pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28, 29. 1829.
common name: Storaxes
  
   Subfamilia  Styracoideae Eaton
pub. Bot. Dict., ed. 4: 40. Apr-Mai 1836.
  
   Tribus  Styraceae Rich. ex Duby
pub. Bot. Gall. 1: 320. 12-14 Apr 1828.
  
   Genus  Styrax L.
pub. (1753)
common name: snowbell
  

Named members of the Genus Styrax

1
   Species  americanus Lam.
 
2
   Varietas  pulverulentus (Michx.) Perkins ex Rehd.
syn. Styrax americanus
3
   Species  benzoides Craib
common name: Siam benzoin
4
   Species  benzoin Dryander
common name: styrax, benzoin gum
  
5
   Species  californicus Torr.
 
6
   Varietas  fulvescens Eastw.
syn. Styrax rediviva
7
   Species  grandifolius Ait.
common name: bigleaf snowbell
8
   Species  japonicus Sieb. & Zucc.
common name: Japanese snowbell
9
   Species  officinalis L.
common name: storax
  
 
10
   Varietas  californicus (Torr.) Rehd.
syn. Styrax rediviva
11
   Subspecies  fulvescens (Eastw.) Beauchamp
syn. Styrax rediviva
12
   Varietas  fulvescens (Eastw.) Munz & Johnston
syn. Styrax rediviva
13
   Varietas  redivivus (Torr.) Howard
syn. Styrax rediviva
14
   Species  platanifolius Engelm. ex Torr.
 
15
   Subspecies  platanifolius
common name: sycamoreleaf snowbell
16
   Subspecies  stellatus (Cory) P.W. Fritsch
common name: sycamoreleaf snowbell
17
   Varietas  stellatus Cory
syn. Styrax platanifolius ssp. stellatus
18
   Subspecies  texanus (Cory) P.W. Fritsch
common name: Texas snowbell
19
   Subspecies  youngiae (Cory) P.W. Fritsch
common name: Young's snowbell
20
   Species  portoricensis Krug & Urban
common name: palo de jazmin  (Mexico)
21
   Species  pulverulentus Michx.
syn. Styrax americanus
22
   Species  rediviva (Torr.) Wheeler
common name: drug snowbell
23
   Species  texanus Cory
syn. Styrax platanifolius ssp. texanus
24
   Species  tonkinensis (Pierre) Craib ex Hartwich
common name: Siam benzoin
25
   Species  youngiae Cory
syn. Styrax platanifolius ssp. youngiae

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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