Citharexylum

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 United States to Argentina. The highest diversity occurs in Mexico and the Andes. The generic name is derived from the Greek words κιθάρα (kithara), meaning "lyre", and ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood," referring to the use of the wood in the sounding boards of string instruments. Several species, especially C. caudatum and C. spinosum, are cultivated as ornamentals.

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• Citharexylum fruticosum florida fiddlewood
• Citharexylum garden plants
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1. Citharexylum affine D.Don - from northern Mexico to Nicaragua
2. Citharexylum alainii Moldenke - Dominican Republic
3. Citharexylum albicaule Turcz. - Cuba
4. Citharexylum altamiranum Greenm. - northeastern Mexico
5. Citharexylum andinum Moldenke - Bolivia, Jujuy Province of Argentina
6. Citharexylum argutedentatum Moldenke - Peru
7. Citharexylum berlandieri B.L. Rob. - from Texas to Oaxaca - Berlandier's Fiddlewood, Tamaulipan Fiddlewood
8. Citharexylum bourgeauanum Greenm. - Veracruz, Oaxaca
9. Citharexylum brachyanthum (A.Gray ex Hemsl.) A.Gray - Texas, Coahuila, Nuevo L.ón - Boxthorn Fiddlewood, Mexican Fiddlewood
10. Citharexylum bullatum Moldenke - Colombia
11. Citharexylum calvum Moldenke - Quintana Roo
12. Citharexylum caudatum L. - southern Mexico, West Indies, Central America, Colombia, Peru - Juniper Berry
13. Citharexylum chartaceum Moldenke - Peru, Ecuador
14. Citharexylum cooperi Standl. - Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala
15. Citharexylum costaricense Moldenke - Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras
16. Citharexylum crassifolium Greenm - Chiapas, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras
17. Citharexylum danirae L.ón de la Luz & F.Chiang - Revillagigedo Islands of Baja California
18. Citharexylum decorum Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela
19. Citharexylum dentatum D.Don - Peru
20. Citharexylum discolor Turcz. - Cuba, Hispaniola
21. Citharexylum donnell-smithii Greenm. - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Central America
22. Citharexylum dryanderae Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador
23. Citharexylum ekmanii Moldenke - Cuba
24. Citharexylum ellipticum Moc. & Sessé ex D.Don - Veracruz, Campeche, Tabasco; naturalized in Cuba + Cayman Islands
25. Citharexylum endlichii Moldenke - northeastern Mexico
26. Citharexylum flabellifolium S.Watson - Sonora, Baja California
27. Citharexylum flexuosum (Ruiz & Pav.) D.Don - Bolivia, Peru
28. Citharexylum fulgidum Moldenke - Veracruz, northeastern Mexico
29. Citharexylum gentryi Moldenke - Ecuador
30. Citharexylum glabrum (S.Watson) Greenm - Oaxaca
31. Citharexylum glaziovii Moldenke - eastern Brazil
32. Citharexylum grandiflorum Aymard & Rueda - Ecuador
33. Citharexylum guatemalense (Moldenke) D.N.Gibson - Guatemala, Nicaragua
34. Citharexylum herrerae Mansf. - Peru
35. Citharexylum hexangulare Greenm. - from northern Mexico to Costa Rica
36. Citharexylum hidalgense Moldenke - Mexico
37. Citharexylum hintonii Moldenke - México State
38. Citharexylum hirtellum Standl. - from Veracruz to Panama
39. Citharexylum ilicifolium Kunth - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador
40. Citharexylum iltisii Moldenke - Peru
41. Citharexylum × jamaicense Moldenke - Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico (C. caudatum × C. spinosum)
42. Citharexylum joergensenii (Lillo) Moldenke - Argentina, Bolivia
43. Citharexylum karstenii Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela
44. Citharexylum kerberi Greenm. - Veracruz
45. Citharexylum kobuskianum Moldenke - Peru
46. Citharexylum krukovii Moldenke - eastern Brazil
47. Citharexylum kunthianum Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador
48. Citharexylum laetum Hiern - southern Brazil
49. Citharexylum laurifolium Hayek - Bolivia, Peru
50. Citharexylum lemsii Moldenke - Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica
51. Citharexylum × leonis Moldenke - Cuba (C. caudatum × C. tristachyum)
52. Citharexylum ligustrifolium (Thur. ex Decne.) Van Houtte - Mexico
53. Citharexylum lojense Moldenke - Ecuador
54. Citharexylum lucidum Cham. & Schltdl. - Mexico
55. Citharexylum lycioides D.Don - Mexico
56. Citharexylum macradenium Greenm. - Panama, Costa Rica
57. Citharexylum macrochlamys Pittier - Panama, Colombia
58. Citharexylum macrophyllum Poir. - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guianas, northwestern Brazil
59. Citharexylum matheanum Borhidi & Kereszty - Cuba
60. Citharexylum matudae Moldenke - Chiapas
61. Citharexylum mexicanum Moldenke - Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca
62. Citharexylum microphyllum (DC.) O.E.Schulz - Hisipaniola
63. Citharexylum mirifolium Moldenke - Colombia, Venezuela
64. Citharexylum mocinoi D.Don - Mexico, Central America
65. Citharexylum montanum Moldenke - Colombia, Ecuador
66. Citharexylum montevidense (Spreng.) Moldenke - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
67. Citharexylum myrianthum Cham. - Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay
68. Citharexylum obtusifolium Kuhlm - Espírito Santo
69. Citharexylum oleinum (Benth. ex Lindl.) Moldenke - Mexico
70. Citharexylum ovatifolium Greenm. - Mexico
71. Citharexylum pachyphyllum Moldenke - Peru
72. Citharexylum pernambucense Moldenke - eastern Brazil
73. Citharexylum poeppigii Walp. - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil
74. Citharexylum punctatum Greenm. - Bolivia, Peru
75. Citharexylum quercifolium Hayek - Peru
76. Citharexylum quitense Spreng. - Ecuador
77. Citharexylum racemosum Sessé & Moc. - Mexico
78. Citharexylum reticulatum Kunth - Ecuador, Peru
79. Citharexylum rigidum (Briq.) Moldenke - Paraguay, southern Brazil
80. Citharexylum rimbachii Moldenke - Ecuador
81. Citharexylum rosei Greenm. - Mexico
82. Citharexylum roxanae Moldenke - Baja California
83. Citharexylum scabrum Moc. & Sessé ex D.Don - northern Mexico
84. Citharexylum schottii Greenm. - southern Mexico, Central America
85. Citharexylum schulzii Urb. & Ekman - Hispaniola
86. Citharexylum sessaei D.Don - Mexico
87. Citharexylum shrevei Moldenke - Sonora
88. Citharexylum solanaceum Cham. - southern Brazil
89. Citharexylum spinosum L. – Spiny Fiddlewood - West Indies, Panama, Venezuela, the Guianas; naturalized in India, Mozambique, Fiji, Bermuda
90. Citharexylum stenophyllum Urb. & Ekman - Haiti
91. Citharexylum steyermarkii Moldenke - Veracruz, Chiapas, Guatemala
92. Citharexylum suberosum Loes. ex Moldenke - Cuba
93. Citharexylum subflavescens S.F.Blake - Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru
94. Citharexylum subthyrsoideum Pittier - Colombia, Venezuela
95. Citharexylum subtruncatum Moldenke - northwestern Brazil
96. Citharexylum sulcatum Moldenke - Colombia
97. Citharexylum svensonii Moldenke - Ecuador
98. Citharexylum teclense Standl. - El Salvador
99. Citharexylum ternatum Moldenke - Cuba
100. Citharexylum tetramerum Brandegee - Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán in Mexico
101. Citharexylum tristachyum Turcz. – Threespike Fiddlewood - Cuba, Jamaica, Leeward Islands
102. Citharexylum ulei Moldenke - Colombia, Peru, northwestern Brazil
103. Citharexylum vallense Moldenke - Colombia
104. Citharexylum venezuelense Moldenke - Venezuela
105. Citharexylum weberbaueri Hayek - Peru