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Taxon:  Celtis australis L.



Summary
Genus:
Celtis
Family:
Cannabaceae
Nomen number:
9757
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1043. 1753
Comment:
non. Celtis australis auct. nonn. (= C. caucasica Willd.)
Verified:
09/22/2011 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
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Common names
English
European hackberry –
European nettletree –
honey-berry –
lotetree –
Mediterranean hackberry –
nettletree –
Sindha taga –
Afrikaans
netelboom –
French
fanalrigon –
micocoulier –
German
südlicher Zürgelbaum –
Italian
arcidiavolo –
bagolaro –
spaccasassi –
Swedish
europeisk bäralm –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMacedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2Cultivated     
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaAustr. Capital Terr. 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNew South Wales 
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
Europe
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Syria
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [New South Wales, Austr. Capital Terr.]
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Switzerland
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Environmentalshade/shelter Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
Materialswood Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=9757. Accessed 1 November 2026.


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