Genus Styrax L.


Summary
Genus number:
11707
Last updated:
17 September 1996
Family:
Styracaceae
Accession count:

163 (82  active, 14  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
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References:
  1. Fritsch, P. W. 1997. A revision of Styrax (Styracaceae) for western Texas, Mexico, and Mesoamerica. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 84:705-761.
  2. Fritsch, P. W. 2001. Phylogeny and biogeography of the flowering plant genus Styrax (Styracaceae) based on chloroplast DNA restriction sites and DNA sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 19:387-408.
  3. Huang, Y. L. et al. 2003. A revision of the imbricate group of Styrax series Cyrta (Styracaceae) in Asia. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 90:491-553.
  4. International Society for Horticultural Science. International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource).
  5. Nicholson, D. H. & G. C. Steyskal. 1976. The masculine gender of the generic name Styrax Linnaeus (Styracaceae). Taxon 25:581-587.
  6. Wallnofer, B. 1997. A revision of Styrax L. section Pamphilia (Mart. ex A. DC.) B. Walln. (Styracaceae). Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 99B:681-720.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=11707. Accessed 11 May 2026.