Garrya ovata

Garrya ovata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Garryales
Family: Garryaceae
Genus: Garrya
Species:
G. ovata
Binomial name
Garrya ovata
Synonyms

Fadyenia ovata (Benth.) Endl.

Garrya ovata, the eggleaf silktassel, Mexican silktassel, or eggleaf garrya, is a species of flowering plant. It is a shrub endemic to Mexico, ranging from northeastern Mexico to Jalisco in western Mexico.

The plant is usually found as an understory species in moist forests, such as Madrean pine-oak woodlands.

Description

Garrya ovata is a shrub up to 6–8 feet (1.8–2.4 m) tall and wide. The leaves are thick and leathery, ovate, up to 10 cm (4 in) long, tomentose on both sides when young, at maturity glabrous above but tomentose below.

Flowers are arranged in pendulous (hanging) racemes, and are green. It blooms in March through May.

Fruits are dark blue, spherical, up to 8 mm (0.31 in) in diameter.

Taxonomy

The species was described by George Bentham in 1839. Two subspecies, G. ovata subsp. goldmanii and G. ovata subsp. lindheimeri, were formerly recognized, but they are now considered distinct species – Garrya goldmanii Wooton & Standl. and Garrya lindheimeri Torr.

References

  1. ↑ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). (2020). "Garrya ovata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T126603592A152910889. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T126603592A152910889.en. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Garrya ovata Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 NPIN
  4. ↑ Bentham, George. 1839. Plantas Hartwegianas imprimis Mexicanas 14.
  5. ↑ Carranza González, Eleazar. 1996. Garryaceae. Flora del Bajío y de Regiones Adyacentes 49:1-16. Instituto de Ecología.
  6. ↑ Dahling, G. V. 1978. Systematics and evolution of Garrya. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. 209: 1–104.
  7. ↑ Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.
  8. ↑ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
  9. ↑ "Garrya goldmanii Wooton & Standl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Garrya lindheimeri Torr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 August 2026.