Genus: Oxydendrum

Oxydendrum arboreum
Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.

Sourwood

Photo © Peter Nelson, 1984, taken at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

By Steven Clemants

Not peer reviewed

Last Modified 04/08/2013

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Nomenclature

Oxydendrum DC., Prodr. 7(2): 601. 1839. TYPE: Oxydendrum arboreum (L.) DC.

Key to the species of Oxydendrum

 

List of Oxydendrum Species

References to Oxydendrum

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  • Banko, T. J.; Stefani, M. A. 1991. In vitro flowering of Oxydendrum arboreum. Hortscience 26: 1425.
  • Banko, T.; Stefani, M. 1989. In Vitro propagation of Oxydendrum arboreum from mature trees. Hortscience 24: 683-5.
  • Cafferty, S.; Jarvis, C. E. 2002. Typification of Linnaean plant names in Ericaceae. Taxon 51: 751-753.
  • Clovis, J. F. 1959. A note about Oxydendrum. Castanea 24: 51-3.
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  • Cox, H. T. 1948. Studies in the comparative anatomy of the Ericales. II. Ericaceae - subfamily Arbutoideae. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 40: 493-516.
  • Elliott, K.; Swank, W. 1994. Impacts of drought on tree mortality and growth in a mixed hardwood forest. J. Veg. Sci. 5: 229-36.
  • Esson, J. G. 1950. The sourwood - a neglected tree. J. New York Bot. Gard. 51: 12-5.
  • Horn, J. C. 1985. Responses of understory tree seedlings to trenching. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 114: 252-8.
  • Lems, K. 1962. Adaptive radiation in the Ericaceae. I. Shoot development in the Andromedeae. Ecology 43: 524-8.
  • Lems, K. 1964. Evolutionary studies in the Ericaceae. II. Leaf anatomy as a phylogenetic index in the Andromedeae. Bot. Gaz. 125(3): 178-86.
  • Lewis, C. E. 1957. Tips for better landscapes; the sorrel tree. Amer. Nurseryman 105: 14-5.
  • Liu, Y.; Muller, R. N. 1993. Effect of drought and frost on radial growth of overstory and understory stems in a deciduous forest. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 129: 19-25.
  • Nash, G. V. 1919. Oxydendrum arboreum. Addisonia 4: 37-8.
  • Palser, B. F. 1952. Studies of floral morphology in the Ericales. II. Megasporogenesis and megagametophyte development in the Andromedeae. Bot. Gaz. 114(1): 33-52.
  • Sargent, C. S. 1893. Oxydendrum. In: Silva of North America. Vol. 5. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston. , 133-6 pages.
  • Sims, J. 1806. Andromeda arborea Bot. Mag. 23: pl. 905.
  • Warrillow, M.; Mou, P. 1999. Ice storm damage to forest tree species in the ridge and valley region of southwestern Virginia. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 126: 147-158.
  • Young, J. A.; Young, C. G. 1992. Oxydendrum. In: Seeds of Woody Plants in North America. Dioscorides Press, Portland. , 234-5 pages.