Details for: NA 85966, Conocarpus erectus L., NA 85966


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Conocarpus erectus L.
Top Name:
NA 85966
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
28 Aug 2019
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Conocarpus erectus L.
Top Name:
NA 85966
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
28 Aug 2019
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 85966
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Conocarpus erectus. Bonsai, estimated to be 150 years old, in training for 30 years; collected in the Everglades in Florida by Mary Madison, who created the bonsai, and she sold the tree to Bill Jagoe of Newburgh, Indiana at the 1993 BCI World Convention. Mr. Jagoe gave the tree to Dave & Barbara Bogan in 2009, and it was then sold to Bjorn Bjorholm who acquired it for a prince of the United Arab Emirates at their embassy in Washington, DC; it was then gifted to Gina Haspell, Director of the CIA, by the United Arab Emirates, and donated to the U.S. National Arboretum 8/28/2019. Accompanying donation text: "The United Arab Emirates (UAE) in August 2019 gifted a beautiful 150 year old buttonwood bonsai tree to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gina Haspel in honor of our countries’ strong and historic partnership. The Emiratis have nurtured the bonsai since collecting the tree from the Florida Everglades 30 years ago. CIA was honored to receive the bonsai—the first of its kind at the Agency—and wishes to share it with the American public at the renowned National Bonsai Museum."
Conocarpus erectus L.
Genus:
Conocarpus
Family:
Combretaceae
Subfamily:
Combretoideae
Tribe:
Combreteae
Subtribe:
Terminaliinae
Nomen number:

11263
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:176. 1753 "erecta"
Comment:
genus masculine, see Shenzhen ICN Art. 62,2, Ex. 3
Verified:
03/30/1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Conocarpus erectus L. var. erectus (0 active accession[s])
Conocarpus erectus L. var. sericeus Fors ex DC. (0 active accession[s])
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Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbutton mangrove  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englishbuttonwood  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Swedishknappved  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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