Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Fraxinus uhdei (Wenz.) Lingelsh.

fresno, madre de agua, tropical ash, shamel ash, evergreen ash

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Scrophulariales

Family
Oleaceae

Genus
Fraxinus

Species
uhdei

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Fraxinus americana var. uhdei Wenz.; in Wallander, E. 2008 as Fraxinus cavekiana Standl. & Steyerm.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 1985

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: No data

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
  • Davidse, G. Sousa S.M., Knapp, S., & Chiang Cabrera, F. (2009) Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 4(1): 1-855.
  • Green, P.S. (1994) A revision of Chionanthus (Oleaceae) in S. America and the description of Priogymnanthus gen. nov. Kew Bull. 49(2): 261–286.
  • Wallander, E. (2008) Systematics of Fraxinus (Oleaceae) and evolution of dioecy. Pl. Syst. Evol. 273(1-2): 25–49.
  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
  • Motooka, P. (1987) El Papel de los herbicidas en el manejo de tierras para conservación Investigación Botánica y Manejo en Galápagos. Memorias.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Fraxinus uhdei", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=3951. Accessed 7 May 2025.