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Genus: Zanthoxylum

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Nomenclature

Zanthoxylum L., Sp. Pl. 1: 270. 1753. Gen. Pl., ed.5, 130. 1754. LECTOTYPE: Zanthoxylum clava-herculis L. Rehder (1945).

Thylax Raf., Med. Fl. 2: 114. 1830. TYPE: Thylax fraxineum (Willd.) Raf. (=Zanthoxylum fraxineum Willd.).

Key to the species of Zanthoxylum

 

List of Zanthoxylum Species

Zanthoxylum americanum

References to Zanthoxylum

  • Barber, C. A. 1892. The nature and development of corky excrescences on the stem of Zanthoxylum. Ann. Bot. 6: 155-66.
  • Beurton, C. 1996. Zur Unterscheidung von Zanthoxylem americanum Mill. und Z. simulans Hance (Fam. Rutaceae). Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 82: 57-62. (In German; English summary)
  • Boesewinkel, F. D. 1977. Development of ovule and testa in Rutaceae: 1. Ruta, Zanthoxylem, and Skimmia. Acta Bot. Neerl. 26(3): 193-211.
  • Brizicky, George K. 1962. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Zanthoxylum and Glycosmis (Rutaceae). J. Arnold Arbor. 43: 80-93.
  • Bruckner, C. 1991. Fruchtanatomische Studien an Dictamnus albus L., Zanthoxylem simulans Hance, Ptelea trifoliata L. und Ruta graveolens L. (Rutaceae). Feddes Repert. 102(7-8): 541-70. (In German; English summary)
  • Damery, J. 2011. A taste of Sichuan: Zanthoxylum simulans. Arnoldia (Jamaica Plain) 68: 32.
  • Desai, S. 1962. Polyembryony in Xanthoxylum Mill. Phytomorphology 12: 184-9.
  • Fish, F.; Waterman, P. G. 1973. Chemosystematics in the Rutaceae II. The chemosystematics of the Zanthoxylum/Fagaria complex. Taxon 22: 177-203.
  • Fosberg, F. R. 1959. Typification of Zanthoxylum. Taxon 8: 103-5.
  • Gut, B. J. 1966. Beitrage zur Morphologie des Gynoeceums und der Blutenachse einiger Rutaceen. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 85: 151-247. (In German, English summary)
  • Popp, J. W.; Reinartz, J. A. 1988. Sexual dimorphism in biomass allocation and clonal growth of Xanthoxylem americanum. Amer. J. Bot. 75(11): 1732-41.
  • Porter, D. M. 1976. Zanthoxylum (Rutaceae) in North America north of Mexico. Brittonia 28(4): 443-7.
  • Reeder, J. R. 1955. Xanthoxylem Miller (1768). Taxon 4: 237.
  • Reinartz, J. A.; Popp, J. W. 1987. Structure of clones of northern prickly ash (Xanthoxylum americanum). Amer. J. Bot. 74(3): 414-28.
  • Shinners, L. H. 1957. Xanthoxylem Miller (1768). Taxon 6: 135-7.
  • Waterman, P. G. 1977. A review of the chemosystematics of the genus Zanthoxylem L. (Rutaceae). In: The role and goals of tropical botanic gardens... proceedings... Aug. 1974. Rimba Iluma University, Kuala Lumpur. , 109-29 pages.
  • Waterman, P. G. 1975. New combinations in Zanthoxylem L. (1753). Taxon 24: 361-6.
  • Yamazaki, T. 1988. Floral anatomy of the genus Zanthoxylum L. Jap. J. Bot. 63(12): 399-408. (In Japanese; English summary)