Cercis canadensis Linnaeus var. texensis (S. Watson) M. Hopkins. Common name: Texas Redbud. Phenology: (Jan-) Mar-Apr. Habitat: Rocky limestone areas (especially on the Edwards Plateau), but also in calcareous ravines in the Coastal Plain. Distribution: E. and c. OK and TX, south into Mexico along the Sierra Madre Oriental; sometimes cultivated elsewhere, and beginning to escape, as in c. NC.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = K1, K3, K4, NcTx, Tx, Fritsch & Cruz (2012), Fritsch et al (2018), Hopkins (1942), Isely (1975), Isely (1998); = Cercis canadensis L. ssp. texensis (S.Watson) A.E.Murray – FNA11.1; = Cercis reniformis Engl. ex S.Watson, invalid; = Cercis texensis (S.Watson) Sarg.; = n/a – RAB; < Cercis canadensis L. – Mex; > Cercis ellipsoidea Greene – Greene (1912a); < Cercis occidentalis Torr. – S13, misapplied
Links to other floras: = Cercis canadensis ssp. texensis - FNA11.1
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
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