Biology:Sideroxylon lycioides
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Short description: Species of tree
| Buckthorn bully | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Sapotaceae |
| Genus: | Sideroxylon |
| Species: | S. lycioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Sideroxylon lycioides | |
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Bumelia lycioides[2] | |
Sideroxylon lycioides, the buckthorn bully,[3] is a small tree in the family Sapotaceae. It is widely distributed in the southeastern United States from Texas to southeast Virginia.[4]
The fruit pulp is thin but edible and consumed by birds. Livestock browse the plant's foliage.[4]
References
- ↑ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (2020). "Sideroxylon lycioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T156812221A156820753. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T156812221A156820753.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/156812221/156820753. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ "Sideroxylon lycioides (Buckthorn bumelia) | Native Plants of North America". https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SILY.
- ↑ "Sideroxylon lycioides". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SILY. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Little, Elbert L. (1980). The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Trees: Eastern Region. New York: Knopf. p. 632. ISBN 0-394-50760-6.
Wikidata ☰ Q1237224 entry
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