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Styrax
Styrax (common names storax or snowbell) is a genus of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees in the family Styracaceae, mostly native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with the majority in eastern and southeastern Asia, but also crossing the equator in South America. The resin obtained from the tree is called benzoin or storax (not to be confused with the Liquidambar storax balsam), often used as a vanilla-like component in perfumery.
The genus Pamphilia, sometimes regarded as distinct, is now included within Styrax based on analysis of morphological and DNA sequence data. The spicebush (Lindera benzoin) is a different plant, in the family Lauraceae.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Japanese snowbell
speciesStyrax japonicus
Taiwanese snowbell
speciesStyrax formosanus
California snowdrop bush
speciesStyrax redivivus
American Snowbell
speciesStyrax americanus
Cork-leaved Snowbell
speciesStyrax suberifolius
Bigleaf Snowbell
speciesStyrax grandifolius
Snowdrop Bush
speciesStyrax officinalis
fragrant snowbell
speciesStyrax obassia
Sycamore-leaf Snowbell
speciesStyrax platanifolius
Styrax ferrugineus
speciesStyrax ferrugineus
Styrax argenteus
speciesStyrax argenteus
Styrax matsumurae
speciesStyrax matsumurae
Styrax faberi
speciesStyrax faberi
Styrax leprosus
speciesStyrax leprosus
Styrax confusus
speciesStyrax confusus
Fragrant Snowbell
speciesStyrax odoratissimus
Styrax glabrescens
speciesStyrax glabrescens
Styrax fortunei
speciesStyrax fortunei
Palo de Jazmin
speciesStyrax portoricensis
Styrax benzoin
speciesStyrax benzoin
Styrax magnus
speciesStyrax magnus
Styrax camporum
speciesStyrax camporum
Styrax ramirezii
speciesStyrax ramirezii
Styrax hemsleyanus
speciesStyrax hemsleyanus
Styrax jaliscanus
speciesStyrax jaliscanus
Styrax agrestis
speciesStyrax agrestis
Styrax warscewiczii
speciesStyrax warscewiczii
Styrax gentryi
speciesStyrax gentryi
Styrax radians
speciesStyrax radians
Styrax rotundatus
speciesStyrax rotundatus
Styrax benzoides
speciesStyrax benzoides
Styrax tonkinensis
speciesStyrax tonkinensis
Styrax chinensis
speciesStyrax chinensis
Styrax trichocalyx
speciesStyrax trichocalyx
Styrax hookeri
speciesStyrax hookeri
Styrax paralleloneurus
speciesStyrax paralleloneurus
Styrax macrocarpus
speciesStyrax macrocarpus
Styrax limprichtii
speciesStyrax limprichtii
Styrax acuminatus
speciesStyrax acuminatus
Styrax subargenteus
speciesStyrax subargenteus
Styrax pallidus
speciesStyrax pallidus
Styrax ochraceus
speciesStyrax ochraceus
Styrax martii
speciesStyrax martii
Styrax nicaraguensis
speciesStyrax nicaraguensis
Styrax pohlii
speciesStyrax pohlii
Styrax latifolius
speciesStyrax latifolius
Styrax crotonoides
speciesStyrax crotonoides
Styrax rufopilosus
speciesStyrax rufopilosus
Styrax macrocalyx
speciesStyrax macrocalyx
Styrax carranzae
speciesStyrax carranzae
Styrax davillifolius
speciesStyrax davillifolius
Styrax tomentosus
speciesStyrax tomentosus
Styrax pavonii
speciesStyrax pavonii
Styrax glaber
speciesStyrax glaber
Styrax serrulatus
speciesStyrax serrulatus
Styrax litseoides
speciesStyrax litseoides
Styrax austromexicanus
speciesStyrax austromexicanus
Styrax uxpanapensis
speciesStyrax uxpanapensis
Styrax hainanensis
speciesStyrax hainanensis
Styrax wilsonii
speciesStyrax wilsonii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.120
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.204
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.172
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.408
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.172
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.265
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.282
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.453
Herbarium Portatile, Oder Behendes Kräuter- und Gewächs-Buch: Darinn nicht allein 1363. so wol Einheimische als Außländndische Kräuter mit Lateinisch und Deutscher Benennung abgebildet, sondern auch die meisten, so in der Medicin gebräuchlich, kürtzlich erkläret werden
Panckow, Thomas · 1656 · p.356
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61875.