Sideroxylon macrocarpum (Nuttall) J.R. Allison. Common name: Big-fruited Buckthorn, Ohoopee Bumelia, Ohoopee Bully. Phenology: May-Jul (-Sep); Aug-Oct. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills. Distribution: Endemic to sc. GA (Appling, Candler, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Long, Montgomery, Pierce, Tattnall, Toombs, Treutlen, and Wheeler counties).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA8, K4, Allison (2006a), Corogin & Judd (2014), Corogin (2015); = Bumelia macrocarpa Nutt.; < Bumelia reclinata (Michx.) Vent. — Clark (1942); < Bumelia reclinata (Michx.) Vent. var. reclinata — Cronquist (1945a), Godfrey (1988); < Sideroxylon reclinatum Michx. ssp. reclinatum — Govaerts, Frodin, & Pennington (2001). Basionym: Bumelia macrocarpa Nutt. 1849
Links to other floras: = Sideroxylon macrocarpum - FNA8
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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