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SPECIES: Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens | Red Elderberry 



ABBREVIATION : 
SAMRACP

SYNONYMS : 
   Sambucus pubens
   Sambucus callicarpa
   Sambucus microbotrys
   Sambucus melanocarpa
   Sambucus acuminata
   Sambucus leiosperma
   Sambucus pubens var. arborescens


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   SARAP
   SARAA
   SARAL
   SARAM2
   SARAM
   SARAP2


COMMON NAMES : 
   red elderberry
   scarlet elder
   black elderberry
   blackbead elder
   mountain elder
   stinking elderberry
   stinking elder
   red-berried elder
   redberry elder
   sureau rouge
   bore tree
   boutry
   bunchberry elder
   red elder
   blackfruit elderberry


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of red elderberry is Sambucus
racemosa L. ssp. pubens (Michx) House [14,33,41,42,46,57,75].

Sambucus racemosa is the designation of a circumboreal species.  The
American plants are considered as S. r. ssp. pubens by many authorities
[14,33,41,42,102], but others [31] believe they should be recognized as a
separate species and use the designation of S. pubens.

Sambucus is a genus in which there is much hybridization and
backcrossing.  Hybridization occurs between S. racemosa ssp. pubens var.
arborescens (S. callicarpa) and S. cerulea [57].  Some plants regarded
as S. racemosa var.  melanocarpa in northwest Oregon may actually be S.
racemosa var. microbotrys x S. cerulea hybrids (Peck 1954 in [57]).
Chromosome numbers and configurations show the close relationship
between the three varieties of S. racemosa ssp. pubens studied to date
(var. microbotrys has not been studied).  These studies also indicate a
close relationship to S. cerulea and more distant relationships with S.
canadensis and S. simpsonii [43,76], although hybrids with S. canadensis
have been produced [43].

Recognized North American varieties of Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens
include [41,46]:

    var. arborescens (T. & G.) Gray  (S. callicarpa of some authors)
    var. melanocarpa (Gray) McMinn
    var. microbotrys (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles
    var. leucocarpa (T. & G.) Cronq.
    var. pubens (Michx.) Koehne    


LIFE FORM : 
Tree, Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
M. F. Crane, July 1989


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Crane, M. F. 1989. Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Sambucus racemosa ssp. pubens | Red Elderberry