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species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern

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s of string instruments. Several species, especially '' C. caudatum'' and '' C. spinosum'', are cultivated as ornamentals. ;Species # '' Citharexylum affine'' D.Don - from northern Mexico to Nicaragua # '' Citharexylum alainii'' Moldenke - Dominican Republic # '' Citharexylum albicaule'' Turcz. - Cuba # '' Citharexylum altamiranum'' Greenm. - northeastern Mexico # '' Citharexylum andinum'' Moldenke - Bolivia, Jujuy Province of Argentina # '' Citharexylum argutedentatum'' Moldenke - Peru # '' Citharexylum berlandieri'' B.L. Rob. - from Texas to Oaxaca - Berlandier's fiddlewood, Tamaulipan fiddlewood # '' Citharexylum bourgeauanum'' Greenm. - Veracruz, Oaxaca # '' Citharexylum brachyanthum'' (A.Gray ex Hemsl.) A.Gray - Texas, Coahuila, Nuevo León - Boxthorn fiddlewood, Mexican fiddlewood # '' Citharexylum bullatum'' Moldenke - Colombia # ''

Citharexylum calvum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in ...

'' Moldenke - Quintana Roo # '' Citharexylum caudatum'' L. - southern Mexico, West Indies, Central America, Colombia, Peru - Juniper berry # ''

Citharexylum chartaceum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in ...

'' Moldenke - Peru, Ecuador # ''

Citharexylum cooperi ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala # '' Citharexylum costaricense'' Moldenke - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras # ''

Citharexylum crassifolium ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Greenm - Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras # '' Citharexylum danirae'' León de la Luz & F.Chiang - Revillagigedo Islands of Baja California # '' Citharexylum decorum'' Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela # '' Citharexylum dentatum'' D.Don - Peru # '' Citharexylum discolor'' Turcz. - Cuba, Hispaniola # ''

Citharexylum donnell-smithii ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Greenm. - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Central America # ''

Citharexylum dryanderae ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador # ''

Citharexylum ekmanii ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Cuba # '' Citharexylum ellipticum'' Moc. & Sessé ex D.Don - Veracruz, Campeche, Tabasco; naturalized in Cuba + Cayman Islands # '' Citharexylum endlichii'' Moldenke - northeastern Mexico # ''

Citharexylum flabellifolium ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' S.Watson - Sonora, Baja California # '' Citharexylum flexuosum'' (Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don - Bolivia, Peru # ''

Citharexylum fulgidum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Veracruz, northeastern Mexico # ''

Citharexylum gentryi ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

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- Ecuador # '' Citharexylum glabrum'' (S.Watson) Greenm - Oaxaca # ''

Citharexylum glaziovii ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - eastern Brazil # ''

Citharexylum grandiflorum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Aymard & Rueda - Ecuador # ''

Citharexylum guatemalense ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' (Moldenke) D.N.Gibson - Guatemala, Nicaragua # '' Citharexylum herrerae'' Mansf. - Peru # ''

Citharexylum hexangulare ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Greenm. - from northern Mexico to Costa Rica # ''

Citharexylum hidalgense ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Mexico # ''

Citharexylum hintonii ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - México State # ''

Citharexylum hirtellum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Standl. - from Veracruz to Panama # ''

Citharexylum ilicifolium ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Kunth - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador # ''

Citharexylum iltisii ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Peru # '' Citharexylum × jamaicense'' Moldenke - Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico ''(C. caudatum × C. spinosum)'' # '' Citharexylum joergensenii'' (Lillo) Moldenke - Argentina, Bolivia # ''

Citharexylum karstenii ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in ...

'' Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela # ''

Citharexylum kerberi ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Greenm. - Veracruz # ''

Citharexylum kobuskianum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in ...

'' Moldenke - Peru # '' Citharexylum krukovii'' Moldenke - eastern Brazil # ''

Citharexylum kunthianum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador # ''

Citharexylum laetum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Hiern - southern Brazil # '' Citharexylum laurifolium'' Hayek - Bolivia, Peru # ''

Citharexylum lemsii ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica # '' Citharexylum × leonis'' Moldenke - Cuba ''(C. caudatum × C. tristachyum)'' # '' Citharexylum ligustrifolium'' (Thur. ex Decne.) Van Houtte - Mexico # '' Citharexylum lojense'' Moldenke - Ecuador # ''

Citharexylum lucidum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Cham. & Schltdl. - Mexico # ''

Citharexylum lycioides ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' D.Don - Mexico # ''

Citharexylum macradenium ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in ...

'' Greenm. - Panama, Costa Rica # ''

Citharexylum macrochlamys ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in ...

'' Pittier - Panama, Colombia # '' Citharexylum macrophyllum'' Poir. - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guianas, northwestern Brazil # ''

Citharexylum matheanum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Borhidi & Kereszty - Cuba # ''

Citharexylum matudae ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Chiapas # '' Citharexylum mexicanum'' Moldenke - Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca # ''

Citharexylum microphyllum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' (DC.) O.E.Schulz - Hisipaniola # ''

Citharexylum mirifolium ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela # ''

Citharexylum mocinoi ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' D.Don - Mexico, Central America # ''

Citharexylum montanum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in ...

'' Moldenke - Colombia, Ecuador # ''

Citharexylum montevidense ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in ...

'' (Spreng.) Moldenke - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay # '' Citharexylum myrianthum''

Cham. Adelbert von Chamisso (; 30 January 178121 August 1838) was a German poet and botanist, author of ''Peter Schlemihl'', a famous story about a man who sold his shadow. He was commonly known in French as Adelbert de Chamisso (or Chamissot) de Bon ...

- Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay # '' Citharexylum obtusifolium'' Kuhlm - Espírito Santo # '' Citharexylum oleinum'' (Benth. ex Lindl.) Moldenke - Mexico # ''

Citharexylum ovatifolium ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Greenm. - Mexico # ''

Citharexylum pachyphyllum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Peru # ''

Citharexylum pernambucense ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - eastern Brazil # '' Citharexylum poeppigii''

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- Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil # ''

Citharexylum punctatum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Greenm. - Bolivia, Peru # '' Citharexylum quercifolium'' Hayek - Peru # '' Citharexylum quitense'' Spreng. - Ecuador # ''

Citharexylum racemosum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Sessé & Moc. - Mexico # ''

Citharexylum reticulatum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Kunth - Ecuador, Peru # ''

Citharexylum rigidum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' (Briq.) Moldenke - Paraguay, southern Brazil # '' Citharexylum rimbachii'' Moldenke - Ecuador # '' Citharexylum rosei'' Greenm. - Mexico # ''

Citharexylum roxanae ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Baja California # ''

Citharexylum scabrum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moc. & Sessé ex D.Don - northern Mexico # ''

Citharexylum schottii ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Greenm. - southern Mexico, Central America # '' Citharexylum schulzii'' Urb. & Ekman - Hispaniola # ''

Citharexylum sessaei ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' D.Don - Mexico # ''

Citharexylum shrevei ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Sonora # ''

Citharexylum solanaceum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Cham. - southern Brazil # ''

Citharexylum spinosum ''Citharexylum spinosum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Verbenaceae that is native to southern Florida in the United States, the Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Common names include Florida fiddlewood and spiny fiddl ...

'' L. – Spiny fiddlewood - West Indies, Panama, Venezuela, the Guianas; naturalized in India, Mozambique, Fiji, Bermuda # '' Citharexylum stenophyllum'' Urb. & Ekman - Haiti # '' Citharexylum steyermarkii'' Moldenke - Veracruz, Chiapas, Guatemala # ''

Citharexylum suberosum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in ...

'' Loes. ex Moldenke - Cuba # ''

Citharexylum subflavescens ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in ...

'' S.F.Blake - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru # ''

Citharexylum subthyrsoideum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Pittier - Colombia, Venezuela # ''

Citharexylum subtruncatum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - northwestern Brazil # '' Citharexylum sulcatum'' Moldenke - Colombia # ''

Citharexylum svensonii ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Ecuador # ''

Citharexylum teclense ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Standl. - El Salvador # ''

Citharexylum ternatum ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Cuba # '' Citharexylum tetramerum'' Brandegee - Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán in Mexico # '' Citharexylum tristachyum''

Turcz. Nikolai Stepanovich Turczaninow ( ru , Николай Степанович Турчанинов, 1796 in Nikitovka, now in Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia – 1863 in Kharkov) was a Russian botanist and plant collector wh ...

– Threespike Fiddlewood - Cuba, Jamaica, Leeward Islands # ''

Citharexylum ulei ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Colombia, Peru, northwestern Brazil # '' Citharexylum vallense'' Moldenke - Colombia # ''

Citharexylum venezuelense ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Moldenke - Venezuela # ''

Citharexylum weberbaueri ''Citharexylum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It contains shrub and tree species commonly known as fiddlewoods or zitherwoods. They are native to the Americas, ranging from southern Florida and Texas in the ...

'' Hayek - Peru

Formerly placed here

*'' Rhaphithamnus spinosus'' (Juss.) Moldenke (as. ''C. cyanocarpum'' Hook. & Arn.) * ''Citharexylum elegans'' Phil. ex Miers, a synonym for '' Rhaphithamnus venustus''

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q2719913 Verbenaceae genera