A Chronology of Middle Missouri Plains Village Sites

30 • smithsonian contributions to botany
Rhus metopium sensu A. Rich. in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Phys. Cuba, Pl.
Vasc. 381. 1845, non L.
Distribution: Native to Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola,
Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles (Dominica), North America, and
Mexico.
Common Names: Poison tree, Poison wood (Bahamas), Pinipiniche
(Cuba), Guao, Manzanillo (Dominican Republic), Bois mulâtre,
Machandeuse, Machandoise, Manceniller, Mancenillier,
Manchenille, Manchineel, Maximier, Maximilien (Haiti),
Poisonwood (Lesser Antilles), Cedro prieto, Papayo (Puerto
Rico).
References: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 30, 45, 58, 61, 131, 132.
Metopium venosum (Griseb.) Engl., Monogr. Phan. 4: 367. 1883; Rhus
venosum Griseb., Cat. Pl. Cub. 67. 1866.
Distribution: Endemic to Cuba.
Reference: 3.
Mosquitoxylum jamaicense Krug & Urb., Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart.
Berlin 1: 79. 1895.
Distribution: Native to Jamaica, Mexico, Central America, and South
America.
Common Name: Mosquito wood (Jamaica).
References: 2, 151.
Rhus bahamensis G. Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 72. 1832.
Distribution: Endemic to Bahamas.
References: 45, 152.
Rhus cominia L. = Allophylus cominia (L.) (Sw.) var. cominia
(Sapindaceae)
Rhus copallinum L., Sp. Pl. 266. 1753.
Rhus copallinum L. subsp. leucanthum (Jacq.) A.E. Murray, Kalmia 13:
28. 1983; Rhus leucantha Jacq., Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 3: 50.
1798; Rhus copallinum L. var. leucanthum (Jacq.) DC., Prodr. 2:
68. 1825.
Distribution: Native to Cuba and North America.
References: 3, 150, 151.
Rhus copallinum L. subsp. leucanthum (Jacq.) A.E. Murray = Rhus
copallinum L.
Rhus copallinum L. var. leucanthum (Jacq.) DC. = Rhus copallinum L.
Rhus leucanthum Jacq. = Rhus copallinum L.
Rhus metopium sensu A. Rich. = Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb.
Rhus radicans L. = Toxicodendron radicans (L.) Kuntze
Rhus rufescens Desv. ex Ham = Brunellia comocladifolia Humb. &
Bonpl. subsp. jamaicensis Cuatrec. (Brunelliaceae)
Rhus venosum Griseb. = Metopium venosum (Griseb.) Engl.
Schinus fagara L. = Zanthoxylum fagara (L.) Sarg. (Rutaceae)
Schinus molle L., Sp. Pl. 388. 1753.
Distribution: Cultivated in Cuba and Puerto Rico; native to South
America.
Common Name: Pimiento de América (Cuba).
References: 6, 58, 132, 224.
Note: Considered an invasive species by CeNBIO.
Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi, Mem. Mat. Fis. Soc. Ital. Sci. Modena,
Pt. Mem. Fis. 18: 399. 1820.
Distribution: Exotic in Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Virgin
Islands (Anegada, St. Croix, St. John), and Margarita; native to
South America.
Common Names: Brazilian pepper tree, Christmas-berry tree
(Bahamas), Copal, Racimos de rubíes (Cuba), Pimienta del Brasil
(Puerto Rico).
References: 6, 7, 19, 45, 58, 61, 131, 132, 159, 224, 323, 383.
Note: Considered an invasive species by CeNBIO.
Spondias cytherea Sonn. = Spondias dulcis Parkinson
Spondias cytherea Tussac = Spondias mombin L.
Spondias dulcis Parkinson, J. Voy. South Seas 39. 1773.
Spondias cytherea Sonn., Voy. Indes Orient. 3: 242. 1782.
Distribution: Exotic in Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica,
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas),
Lesser Antilles (Guadeloupe), Trinidad, and Margarita; probably
native to tropical Asia or Oceania.
Common Names: Ciruela dulce, Jobo de la India, Manzana de Otahití
(Cuba), Jobo de la India, Manzana de oro, Robe (Dominican
Republic), Mombin espagnol, Pomme cythere (Haiti), Jew plum
(Jamaica), Hog plum, Pomme-cythére, Prune-cythére, Yellow plum
(Lesser Antilles), Cítara, Jobo de la India (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 58, 61, 123, 131, 132, 151, 159, 254,
323, 383.
Spondias lutea L. = Spondias mombin L.
Spondias lutea L. var. maxima Engl. = Spondias mombin L.
Spondias mombin L., Sp. Pl. 371. 1753.
Spondias cytherea Tussac, Fl. Antill. 3: 95. 1824.
Spondias lutea L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 613. 1762.
Spondias lutea L. var. maxima Engl. in C.F.P. von Martius, Fl. Bras. 12
(2): 374. 1876.
Spondias pseudomyrobalanus Tussac, Fl. Antill. 4: 97. 1827.
Distribution: Native to Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica,
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (Guana, Jost van Dyke, St. Croix,
St. John, St. Thomas, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Lesser Antilles
(Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Grenada, The Grenadines,
Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St.
Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Tobago, Trinidad,
Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Margarita, Mexico, Central America,
South America, and Old World.
Common Names: Ciruela agria, Citero, Hobos, Jobito, Jobo, Jobo
hembra, Jobo negro, Mombín (Cuba), Ciruela, Ciruela amarilla,
Ciruelo, Hog plum, Jobo, Jobo amarillo, Jobo de puerco, Jobobán,
Myrobalane (Dominican Republic), Grand mombin, Grand
mombin franc, Gros mombin, Mombin, Mombin franc (Haiti),
Hog plum, Jamaican plum (Jamaica), Hog plum, Mombin, Prune
mombin, Prune myrobalan (Lesser Antilles), Jobo, Jobo de perro,
Jobo gusanero, Jobo vano (Puerto Rico).
References: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 19, 30, 40, 61, 62, 75, 123, 131, 132, 151,
152, 301, 323, 340, 383.
Spondias myrobalanus L. = Spondias purpurea L.
Spondias pseudomyrobalanus Tussac = Spondias mombin L.
Spondias purpurea L., Sp. Pl. 613. 1753.
Spondias myrobalanus L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1036. 1759.
Distribution: Exotic in Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola,
Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (St. John), Lesser Antilles
(Anguilla, Antigua, Barbados, Barbuda, Grenada, Guadeloupe,
Martinique, St. Eustatius, St. Lucia, St. Vincent), Tobago,
Trinidad, and Margarita; native to Mexico, Central America, and
South America.
Common Names: Hug plum (Bahamas), Ciruela amarilla, Ciruela
campechana, Ciruela colorada, Ciruela común, Ciruela roja,
Ciruella loca (Cuba), Ciruela sanjuanera, Ciruella morada, Jobo,
Jobo negro (Dominican Republic), Abricotier bâtard, Ciroelle,
Cirouellier, Ciroyer d’amerique (Haiti), Jamaican plum (Jamaica),
Chili plum, Mombin rouge, Prune à te ter, Prune d’espagne, Prune
du Chili, Prune jaune, Prune rouge, Red plum, Spanish plum