ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Fraxinus americana

Name author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)

A species in the Oleaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Fraxinus
Species: Fraxinus americana
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1753

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Fraxinus americana. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

77 synonyms in this snapshot · page 1 of 2

Aplilia macrophylaName author: (Hoffmanns.) Raf.
Calycomelia acuminataName author: (Lam.) Kostel.
Calycomelia albaName author: (Marshall) Kostel.
Calycomelia americanaName author: (L.) Kostel.
Calycomelia biltmoreanaName author: (Beadle) Nieuwl.
Calycomelia epipteraName author: (Michx.) Kostel.
Calycomelia juglandifoliaName author: (Lam.) Kostel.
Calycomelia pistaciifoliaName author: Nieuwl.
Calycomelia viridisName author: (Bosc) Kostel.
Fraxinoides albaName author: (Marshall) Medik.
Fraxinus acuminataName author: Lam.
Fraxinus albaName author: Marshall
Fraxinus americana f. acuminataName author: (Lam.) Voss
Fraxinus americana f. americanaName author: Not supplied
Fraxinus americana f. ascidiataName author: (Meun.) Rehder
Fraxinus americana f. barriiName author: W.H.Wagner
Fraxinus americana f. iodocarpaName author: Fernald
Fraxinus americana f. lasiophyllaName author: Fernald
Fraxinus americana subsp. biltmoreanaName author: (Beadle) A.E.Murray
Fraxinus americana subsp. novae-angliaeName author: (Mill.) Wesm.
Fraxinus americana subsp. typicumName author: Wesm.
Fraxinus americana var. acuminataName author: Wesm.
Fraxinus americana var. acuminataName author: (Lam.) Wesm.
Fraxinus americana var. acuminataName author: (Lam.) K.Koch
Fraxinus americana var. albaName author: (Marshall) Castigl.
Fraxinus americana var. albaName author: (Marshall) Castigl.
Fraxinus americana var. albaName author: (Marshall) Weston
Fraxinus americana var. americanaName author: Not supplied
Fraxinus americana var. ascidiataName author: Meun.
Fraxinus americana var. biltmoreanaName author: (Beadle) J.W.Wright ex Fernald
Fraxinus americana var. crassifoliaName author: Sarg.
Fraxinus americana var. curtissiiName author: (Vasey) Sudw.
Fraxinus americana var. epipteraName author: (Michx.) Wesm.
Fraxinus americana var. glaucaName author: C.K.Schneid.
Fraxinus americana var. juglandifoliaName author: Rehder
Fraxinus americana var. juglandifoliaName author: (Lam.) K.Koch
Fraxinus americana var. latifoliaName author: Wesm.
Fraxinus americana var. latifoliaName author: (Vahl) Loudon
Fraxinus americana var. longifoliaName author: (Vahl) Wesm.
Fraxinus americana var. macrophyllaName author: C.K.Schneid.
Fraxinus americana var. microcarpaName author: A.Gray
Fraxinus americana var. subcoriaceaName author: Sarg.
Fraxinus biltmoreanaName author: Beadle
Fraxinus biltmoreana var. subcoriaceaName author: (Sarg.) J.J.N.Campb.
Fraxinus canadensisName author: Gaertn.
Fraxinus carolinensisName author: hort. ex Lavallée
Fraxinus carolinensisName author: Wangenh.
Fraxinus carolinianaName author: Willd.
Fraxinus caroliniana var. latifoliaName author: Roem. & Schult.
Fraxinus caroliniana var. latifoliaName author: (Vahl) Willd.

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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