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Zanthoxylum flavum Vahl. Section: Macqueria. Common name: West Indian Satinwood, Yellowwood, Yellowheart. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Rockland hammocks, coastal berms. Distribution: S. FL (Monroe County keys); West Indies.

ID notes: "Zanthoxylum flavum is distinctive in its densely pubescent, velutinous apical bud, terminal clustered panicles, relatively large flowers, and gynoecium with (1)2 carpels (Reynel 2017).

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: We here treat Z. flavum narrowly as a species equivalent in concept to Z. flavum ssp. flavum of Reynel (2017) and Skean (2024). Reynel (2017) recognized 3 additional subspecies (sometimes previously accorded species rank) in the West Indies and se. Mexico and Honduras.

Synonymy : = Bah, S; = Fagara flava (Vahl) Krug & Urb. — S13; = Zanthoxylum flavum Vahl ssp. flavum — FNA13, Reynel (2017); < Zanthoxylum flavum Vahl — Fl4, K4, Mex, WH3, WI, Porter (1976); Zanthoxylum flavum Vahl — (basionym)

Links to other floras: = Zanthoxylum flavum ssp. flavum - FNA13

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