Palafoxia integrifolia

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Palafoxia integrifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Palafoxia
Species: P. integrifolia
Binomial name
Palafoxia integrifolia
(Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray
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Natural range of Palafoxia integrifolia from USDA NRCS [1].

Common name: sand palafox, coastal plain palafoxia

Taxonomic Notes

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Description

According to Diaz-Torbio and Putz (2021), Palafoxia intergrifolia has corms with a below-ground to above-ground biomass ratio of 0.69 and nonstructural carbohydrate concentration of 27.5 mg g-1.[1]

Distribution

Ecology

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

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References and notes

  1. Diaz‐Toribio, M. H. and F. E. Putz. 2021. Underground carbohydrate stores and storage organs in fire‐maintained longleaf pine savannas in Florida, USA. American Journal of Botany 108(3):432-442.