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Common names: bloodberry rougeplant, rougeplant
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Common names: Bloodberry rougeplant, Rougeplant, Pigeonberry, Baby-pepper
 
==Taxonomic notes==
 
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==Description==  
 
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==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
It is found in southern North America from Florida to Arizona, north to Oklahoma and Arkansas, south through central America and the Caribbean to tropical South America<ref name="wildflower">[[http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RIHU2]]Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed: March 10, 2016</ref>.
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It is found in southern North America from Florida to Arizona, north to Oklahoma and Arkansas, south through central America and the Caribbean to tropical South America.<ref name="wildflower">[[http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RIHU2]]Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed: March 10, 2016</ref>
  
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
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Habitats of ''R. humilis'' include damp shady sites, riparian vegetation, disturbed sites, and waste areas<ref name="key">[[http://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/080c0106-040c-4508-8300-0b0a06060e01/media/html/Rivina_humilis.htm]]Accessed: March 10, 2016</ref>. It is usually found on moist to well drained soils in both light shade and partial sun<ref name="plantdelight">[[http://www.plantdelights.com/Rivina-humilis-for-sale/Buy-Pigeonberry/]]Accessed: March 10, 2016</ref>.
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''R. humilis'' has been found in sandy coastal hammocks, cabbage palm-mixed hardwoods, semi-deciduous forests, lake shores, mesic hammocks with limestone outcrops, shaded dunes, oak hammocks, and wetland shores.<ref name="FSU">Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2021. Collectors: R. Kral and Cecil Slaughter. States and counties: Florida: Orange and St. Lucie.</ref><ref name="UF"/> It has also been found in disturbed areas including along open roadsides, between soybean fields, cleared tropical evergreen forests, and burned restoration areas.<ref name="UF">University of Florida Herbarium Database. URL: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium. Last accessed: May 2021. Collectors: J. Richard Abbott, H. Adams, Paul Corogin, Caroline Easley, Jean Farabee, Doug Goldman, D. Grover, Jeffery Hubbard, Lucas C. Majure, Jill M. Scanlon, and M. Wingate. Countries and provinces: Bolivia: Chiquitos and Ñuflo de Chavez. Dominican Republic: La Altagracia. States and counties: Florida: Alachua, Brevard, Duval, Hernando, Marion.</ref>  
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Associated species: ''Bursera simarouba, Pithecellobium unguis-cati, Trichostigma octandrum, Atriplex pentandra, Achyranthes aspera, Morinda royoc, M. citrifolia, Colubrina arborescens, Cenchrus sp., Oplonia microphyllus, Cassytha filiformis, Commicarpus sulcatus, Lantana involucrata, Juniperus virginiana, Sabal palmetto, Acer negundo, Fraxinus spp'', and ''Cassytha filiformis''.<ref name="UF"/>
  
 
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Blooms March through October<ref name="wildflower"/>.
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Blooms March through October.<ref name="wildflower"/>
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''Rivina humilis'' was observed at the Archbold Biological Station with sweat bees from the Halictidae family such as ''Lasioglossum pectoralis''.<ref name="Deyrup 2015">Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.</ref>
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
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===Fire ecology=== <!--Fire tolerance, fire dependence, adaptive fire responses-->
 
===Pollination===
 
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Rivina humilis'' at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
 
  
Halictidae: ''Lasioglossum pectoralis''
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==Cultural use==
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Used in the southwest as red dye.<ref name="plantdelight"/> This species is poisonous.<ref name="firefly">[[http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/2262/rivina-humilis-rougeplant/]] Accessed: March 10, 2016</ref>
  
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==Photo Gallery==
 
==Photo Gallery==
 
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
 

Latest revision as of 10:23, 15 July 2022

Rivina humilis
Rivi humi.jpg
Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Nature Photography by Shirley Denton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Phytolaccaceae
Genus: Rivina
Species: R. humilis
Binomial name
Rivina humilis
L.
Rivi humi dist.jpg
Natural range of Rivina humilis from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common names: Bloodberry rougeplant, Rougeplant, Pigeonberry, Baby-pepper

Taxonomic notes

Synonyms: none

Varieties: none

Description

A description of Rivina humilis is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

It is found in southern North America from Florida to Arizona, north to Oklahoma and Arkansas, south through central America and the Caribbean to tropical South America.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

R. humilis has been found in sandy coastal hammocks, cabbage palm-mixed hardwoods, semi-deciduous forests, lake shores, mesic hammocks with limestone outcrops, shaded dunes, oak hammocks, and wetland shores.[2][3] It has also been found in disturbed areas including along open roadsides, between soybean fields, cleared tropical evergreen forests, and burned restoration areas.[3]

Associated species: Bursera simarouba, Pithecellobium unguis-cati, Trichostigma octandrum, Atriplex pentandra, Achyranthes aspera, Morinda royoc, M. citrifolia, Colubrina arborescens, Cenchrus sp., Oplonia microphyllus, Cassytha filiformis, Commicarpus sulcatus, Lantana involucrata, Juniperus virginiana, Sabal palmetto, Acer negundo, Fraxinus spp, and Cassytha filiformis.[3]

Phenology

Blooms March through October.[1] Rivina humilis was observed at the Archbold Biological Station with sweat bees from the Halictidae family such as Lasioglossum pectoralis.[4]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Used in the southwest as red dye.[5] This species is poisonous.[6]

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 [[1]]Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed: March 10, 2016
  2. Florida State University Herbarium Database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2021. Collectors: R. Kral and Cecil Slaughter. States and counties: Florida: Orange and St. Lucie.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 University of Florida Herbarium Database. URL: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/herbarium. Last accessed: May 2021. Collectors: J. Richard Abbott, H. Adams, Paul Corogin, Caroline Easley, Jean Farabee, Doug Goldman, D. Grover, Jeffery Hubbard, Lucas C. Majure, Jill M. Scanlon, and M. Wingate. Countries and provinces: Bolivia: Chiquitos and Ñuflo de Chavez. Dominican Republic: La Altagracia. States and counties: Florida: Alachua, Brevard, Duval, Hernando, Marion.
  4. Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
  5. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named plantdelight
  6. [[2]] Accessed: March 10, 2016