Sideroxylon lanuginosum

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Gum Bully
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ericales Family: Sapotaceae Genus: Sideroxylon L. Species: S. lanuginosum
Binomial name
Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx.

Sideroxylon lanuginosum ^{[1] [2]} (Gum Bully, Black Haw, Chittamwood, Chittimwood, False Buckthorn, Gum Bumelia, Gum Elastic, Gum Woolybucket, Shittimwood, Woolybucket Bumelia, Wooly Buckthorn, Wooly Bumelia, Shittamwood, Ironwood or, Coma) is a shrub or small tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is widely distributed in the sunbelt states in the United States and in Mexico.

Subspecies

• Sideroxylon l. albicans
• Sideroxylon Michx. ssp. lanuginosum (syn. Bumelia lanuginosa, Bumelia rufa) ^{[3] [4]}
• Sideroxylon l. oblongifolium
• Sideroxylon l. rigidum

[edit] References

1. ^ Sideroxylon lanuginosum at USDA PLANTS Database
2. ^ Sideroxylon lanuginosum at Missouri Botanical Garden
3. ^ Sideroxylon lanuginosum Michx. ssp. lanuginosum at Oklahoma Biological Survey
4. ^ Bumelia lanuginosa at University of Forida