Forestiera


Forestiera is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets. Most are shrubs.
There are about 20 species, native to Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, Ecuador and the southern half of the United States. Phylogenetics indicate that Forestiera is sister to Hesperelaea, an extinct North American lineage.
Species include:
  1. Forestiera acuminata Poir. - eastern swampprivet - central and southeastern United States
  2. Forestiera angustifolia Torr. - narrowleaf forestiera, Texas forestiera, Texas swampprivet - Texas, northeastern Mexico
  3. Forestiera cartaginensis Donn. Central America, southern Mexico
  4. Forestiera corollata Cornejo & Wallander Guatemala
  5. Forestiera durangensis Standl. - Durango
  6. Forestiera ecuadorensis Cornejo & Bonifaz - Ecuador
  7. Forestiera eggersiana Krug & Urban - inkbush - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands
  8. Forestiera godfreyi L.C. Anders. - Godfrey's swampprivet - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
  9. Forestiera isabelae Hammel & Cornejo - Costa Rica
  10. Forestiera ligustrina Poir. - upland swamp-privet - Texas, southeastern United States
  11. Forestiera macrocarpa Brandegee - Baja California Sur
  12. Forestiera phillyreoides Torr. in W.H.Emory - central and southern Mexico
  13. Forestiera pubescens Nutt. - downy forestiera, stretchberry - southwestern United States, northern Mexico
  14. Forestiera racemosa S.Watson - Nuevo León
  15. Forestiera reticulata Torr. - netleaf swampprivet - western Texas
  16. Forestiera rhamnifolia Griseb. - caca ravet - Central America, West Indies, southern Mexico, Isla Socorro
  17. Forestiera segregata Krug & Urban - Florida swampprivet - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, much of West Indies including Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Cayman Islands
  18. Forestiera selleana Urb. & Ekman - Hispaniola
  19. Forestiera shrevei Standl. - desert olive - Arizona
  20. Forestiera tomentosa S.Watson - central and southern Mexico