Mock Orange

Styrax americanus

Lam. Species

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Botanical name
Styrax americanus
Also known as
Mock Orange
Family
Styracaceae
Genus
Styrax
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Mock Orange

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Styrax americanus but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Adnaria odorata Halesia parviflora Styrax americanus f. genuinus Styrax americanus f. glaber Styrax americanus f. pulverulentus Styrax americanus var. americanus Styrax americanus var. laevis Styrax americanus var. pulverulentus Styrax angustifolius Styrax glaber Styrax laevigatus Styrax laevis Styrax octandrus Styrax pulverulentus Styrax pulverulentus Styrax rigidus

Others in Styrax

Styrax leprosus
Styrax chrysocalyx
Styrax hemsleyanus
Styrax benzoin var. hiliferus
Styrax carranzae
Styrax grandifolius
Big-Leaf Snowbell
Styrax limprichtii
Styrax benzoin
Gum Benjamin-Tree

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