hackberries
Celtis
Celtis, commonly known as hackberries or nettle trees, is a genus of about 60–70 species of deciduous trees widespread in warm temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, in southern Europe, southern and eastern Asia, and southern and central North America, south to central Africa, and northern and central South America. The genus is present in the fossil record at least since the Miocene of Europe, and Paleocene of North America and eastern Asia.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common hackberry
speciesCeltis occidentalis
sugar hackberry
speciesCeltis laevigata
Nettle tree
speciesCeltis australis
netleaf hackberry
speciesCeltis reticulata
Chinese Hackberry
speciesCeltis sinensis
spiny hackberry
speciesCeltis pallida
White Stinkwood
speciesCeltis africana
Dwarf Hackberry
speciesCeltis tenuifolia
Desert Hackberry
speciesCeltis tala
Nilgiri elm
speciesCeltis tetrandra
Spiny Hackberry
speciesCeltis iguanaea
Celtis flumeniana
speciesCeltis flumeniana
Chinese hackberry
speciesCeltis biondii
Investigator-tree
speciesCeltis paniculata
Celtis clausseniana
speciesCeltis clausseniana
Bunge's hackberry
speciesCeltis bungeana
Celtis nervosa
speciesCeltis nervosa
Stinking Wood
speciesCeltis timorensis
Caucasian hackberry
speciesCeltis caucasica
Wight's hackberry
speciesCeltis philippensis
Celtis spinosa
speciesCeltis spinosa
Celtis brasiliensis
speciesCeltis brasiliensis
Celtis chichape
speciesCeltis chichape
Celtis planchoniana
speciesCeltis planchoniana
Celtis orthacanthos
speciesCeltis orthacanthos
red-fruited white-stinkwood
speciesCeltis mildbraedii
Celtis koraiensis
speciesCeltis koraiensis
Celtis atlantica
speciesCeltis atlantica
Celtis glabrata
speciesCeltis glabrata
Celtis toka
speciesCeltis toka
Celtis caudata
speciesCeltis caudata
Celtis africana × sinensis
hybridCeltis africana × sinensis
Celtis triflora
speciesCeltis triflora
Julian hackberry
speciesCeltis julianae
Celtis alnifolia
speciesCeltis alnifolia
Celtis trinervia
speciesCeltis trinervia
Small's Hackberry
speciesCeltis smallii
Celtis tarijensis
speciesCeltis tarijensis
Rough-leaved White Stinkwood
speciesCeltis gomphophylla
lindheimer hackberry
speciesCeltis lindheimeri
Celtis conferta
speciesCeltis conferta
Celtis lancifolia
speciesCeltis lancifolia
Celtis boninensis
speciesCeltis boninensis
Japanese hackberry
speciesCeltis jessoensis
Celtis spinosissima
speciesCeltis spinosissima
oriental hackberry
speciesCeltis tournefortii
Celtis loxensis
speciesCeltis loxensis
Celtis gardneri
speciesCeltis gardneri
Celtis strychnoides
speciesCeltis strychnoides
Celtis serratissima
speciesCeltis serratissima
Celtis vandervoetiana
speciesCeltis vandervoetiana
Celtis madagascariensis
speciesCeltis madagascariensis
Celtis bifida
speciesCeltis bifida
Celtis australis × sinensis
hybridCeltis australis × sinensis
Celtis pacifica
speciesCeltis pacifica
Celtis tessmannii
speciesCeltis tessmannii
Celtis zenkeri
speciesCeltis zenkeri
Celtis hypoleuca
speciesCeltis hypoleuca
Celtis adolfi-friderici
speciesCeltis adolfi-friderici
Celtis pubescens
speciesCeltis pubescens
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 54858.