Forestiera is a genus of flowering plants in the olive family, Oleaceae. Members of the genus are often called swampprivets. Most are shrubs.
Species
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.
The following species are recognised in the genus Forestiera:
- Forestiera acuminata <small>(Michx.) Poir.</small> – eastern swampprivet - central and southeastern United States
- Forestiera angustifolia <small>Torr.</small> – narrowleaf forestiera, Texas forestiera, Texas swampprivet - Texas, northeastern Mexico
- Forestiera cartaginensis <small>Donn.</small> Central America, southern Mexico
- Forestiera corollata <small>Cornejo & Wallander</small> Guatemala
- Forestiera durangensis <small>Standl.</small> - Durango
- Forestiera ecuadorensis <small>Cornejo & Bonifaz</small> - Ecuador
- Forestiera eggersiana <small>Krug & Urban</small> – inkbush - Puerto Rico, Leeward Islands
- Forestiera godfreyi <small>L.C. Anders.</small> – Godfrey's swampprivet - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
- Forestiera isabelae <small>Hammel & Cornejo</small> - Costa Rica
- Forestiera ligustrina <small>(Michx.) Poir.</small> – upland swamp-privet - Texas, southeastern United States
- Forestiera macrocarpa <small>Brandegee</small> - Baja California Sur
- Forestiera phillyreoides <small>(Benth.) Torr. in W.H.Emory</small> - central and southern Mexico
- Forestiera pubescens <small>Nutt.</small> – downy forestiera, stretchberry - southwestern United States, northern Mexico
- Forestiera racemosa <small>S.Watson</small> - Nuevo León
- Forestiera reticulata <small>Torr.</small> – netleaf swampprivet - western Texas
- Forestiera rhamnifolia <small>Griseb.</small> – caca ravet - Central America, West Indies, southern Mexico, Isla Socorro
- Forestiera rotundifolia <small>(Brandegee) Standl.</small>
- Forestiera segregata <small>Krug & Urban</small> – Florida swampprivet - Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, much of West Indies including Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Cayman Islands
- Forestiera selleana <small>Urb. & Ekman</small> - Hispaniola
- Forestiera shrevei <small>Standl.</small> – desert olive - Arizona
- Forestiera tomentosa <small>S.Watson</small> - central and southern Mexico
- Forestiera veracruzana <small>Cast.-Campos & Pal.-Wass.</small>
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