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Synonyms: ''Polygala grandiflora'' Walter; ''Polygala violacea'' Aublet; ''Asemeia cumulicola'' Small; ''Asemeia leiodes'' (Blake) Small; ''Asemeia miamiensis'' Small. | Synonyms: ''Polygala grandiflora'' Walter; ''Polygala violacea'' Aublet; ''Asemeia cumulicola'' Small; ''Asemeia leiodes'' (Blake) Small; ''Asemeia miamiensis'' Small. | ||
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Polygalales |
| Family: | Polygalaceae |
| Genus: | Asemeia |
| Species: | A. grandiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Asemeia grandiflora Walter | |
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| Natural range of Asemeia grandiflora from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: Showy Milkwort
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Synonyms: Polygala grandiflora Walter; Polygala violacea Aublet; Asemeia cumulicola Small; Asemeia leiodes (Blake) Small; Asemeia miamiensis Small.
Varieties: none
The taxonomic history behind the Asemeia genus which previously was under the Polygala genus and is still under the Polgalaceae family. Asemeia grandiflora was previously Polygala grandiflora but since has changed in 2012. More information can be found in their paper, Taxonomic notes and new combinations for Asemeia (Polygalaceae). [1]
Description
This description of Asemeia grandiflora comes from Radford (1964) which recognized A. grandiflora as a synonym of Polygala grandiflora. A. grandiflora is a perennial herb with appressed or spreading pubescent stems that grow to approximately 2.5-5 dm tall. The leaves are alternate and oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, and are rarely elliptic. The leaves are 1.5-5 cm long, and 2-17 mm wide, and are somewhat pubescent underneath, especially on the veins. The racemes are 0.5-1.7 dm long. The sepals are green in color, are 1.5-2 mm long. The wings are pink in color with green veins and orbicular to reniform, and 5-7 mm long with tapered to claws. The corolla is shorter than the wings and is not lacerate the apex. There are 8 stamens. The seeds are black in color, are densely pubescent, and are approximately ca. 2 mm long. The aril is 3-lobed where the lobes do not extend up and around the seed body. Flowers from May to July.[2]
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
This species has been found growing within calcareous glades, upland pine woods, longleaf pine-scrub oak sand ridges, savannas, and sandhill communities.[3][4] It has also been observed growing in swales of slash pine plantations.
Phenology
This species has been observed flowering and fruiting in May.[4]
Seed dispersal
This species disperses by explosion mechanisms or by ants. [5]
Fire ecology
Flowers within two months of burning in early summer.[6]
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Asemeia grandiflora at Archbold Biological Station:[7]
Megachilidae: Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum
Use by animals
Deyrup observed this bee, Anthidiellum notatum rufimaculatum, on A. grandiflora.[3]
Conservation and management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
- ↑ Pastore, J.F.B & J.R. Abbott (2012). "Taxonomic notes and new combination for Asemeia (Polygalaceae)." Kew Bulletin. (Vol 67 Issue 4 Pg. 801-13).
- ↑ Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 655-6. Print.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Deyrup, M. J. E., and Beth Norden (2002). "The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea)." Insecta mundi 16(1-3).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2014. Collectors: Ann F. Johnson, Wilson Baker, Roy Komarek, R. A. Norris, Robert K. Godfrey, A. Gholson Jr., Chris Cooksey, Kevin Oakes, and Lisa Keppner. States and Counties: Florida: Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Sarasota, Wakulla, and Washington. Georgia: Grady and Thomas.
- ↑ Kirkman, L. Katherine. Unpublished database of seed dispersal mode of plants found in Coastal Plain longleaf pine-grasslands of the Jones Ecological Research Center, Georgia.
- ↑ Robertson, Kevin M. 2014. Personal observation at Pebble Hill Plantation, Grady County, GA.
- ↑ Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
