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americanus

Taxon

Euonymus americanus L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 197. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Euonymus americanus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 028.jpg

Euonymus americanus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 028.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Euonymus americanus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 029.jpg

Euonymus americanus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 029.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Euonymus americanus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 026.jpg

Euonymus americanus--NC. Sarah P. Duke Garden, Durham. 11 Oct 03. 026.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

October 11, 2003

Location

United States, North Carolina, Durham (Sarah P. Duke Gardens)

Location Remarks

127 Anderson St. (Campus Dr.)(WestCampus of Duke Univ.), Durham. (There is a good map on the website)

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Celastrales

Family

Celastraceae

Genus

Euonymus

Specific Epithet

americanus

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.5

Global rank

#93,709 of 335,497

Top 28%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →