Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.149806
Element CodePDOLE0B012
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderScrophulariales
FamilyOleaceae
GenusCartrema
SynonymsCartrema americanum(Linnaeus) NesomOsmanthus americanus var. americanus
Other Common Namesdevilwood (EN) Devilwood (EN)
Concept ReferenceKartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic CommentsOsmanthus americanus var. americanus and Osmanthus americanus var. megacarpus were transferred to Cartrema and elevated to species, Cartrema americana and Cartrema floridana, respectively (Nesom 2012g).
Conservation Status
Rank Method Rank calculation - Biotics v2
Review Date2020-08-12
Change Date2001-01-01
Edition Date2020-08-12
Edition AuthorsTreher (2020)
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range Extent>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences> 300
Rank ReasonsCartrema americana is a small tree or shrub that occurs in Mexico and the United States in a wide variety of habitat types. It is common across large areas of eastern Mexico and the Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains of the southeastern United States. There are no major declines or pervasive threats known.
Range Extent CommentsCartrema americana occurs in Mexico and the United States. In the United States, it occurs east of the Mississippi River on the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains from southeastern Virginia and eastern North Carolina, south to Florida and west to Mississippi and Louisiana. It is a fairly widespread species in Mexico, occurring in the east from Nuevo León south to Chiapas, and in the west from Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, and Jalisco (Nesom 2012g). The species is not native to Texas and reports of the species from there are not documented (Nesom 2012g). A range map can be found in Nesom (2012g).
Occurrences CommentsThe species is most abundant in the southeastern United States and the eastern states of Mexico (Nesom 2012g). The species is rare in Virginia (vicinity of Virginia Beach) at the northern extent of its range, and uncommon in North Carolina. There are records from the western sierras in Mexico but the species is most abundant in the eastern states as demonstrated by herbaria collections (Nesom 2012g).
Threat Impact CommentsThere are no known rangewide or persistent threats.