Tupelos
Nyssa
Tupelo /ˈtuːpɪloʊ/, genus Nyssa /ˈnɪsə/, is a small genus of deciduous trees with alternate, simple leaves. It is sometimes included in the subfamily Nyssoideae of the dogwood family, Cornaceae, but is placed by other authorities in the family Nyssaceae. In the APG IV system, it is placed in Nyssaceae.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Black Tupelo
speciesNyssa sylvatica
Swamp tupelo
speciesNyssa biflora
Water Tupelo
speciesNyssa aquatica
White Tupelo
speciesNyssa ogeche
Chinese tupelo
speciesNyssa sinensis
Bog Tupelo
speciesNyssa ursina
Java tupelo
speciesNyssa javanica
Yunnan tupelo
speciesNyssa yunnanensis
Nyssa talamancana
speciesNyssa talamancana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 54804.