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==Taxonomic Notes==
 
==Taxonomic Notes==
Synonyms: ''G. catesbaei'' var. ''catesbaei''; ''G. catesbaei'' var. ''nummulariifolia'' Fernald; ''Dasystephana latifolia'' (Chapman) Small; ''D. parvifolia'' (Chapman) Small; ''Pneumonanthe catesbaei'' (Walter) F.W. Schmidt
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Synonyms: ''Dasystephana latifolia'' (Chapman) Small; ''D. parvifolia'' (Chapman) Small; ''Pneumonanthe catesbaei'' (Walter) F.W. Schmidt.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
Varieties:
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Varieties: none.<ref name="weakley">Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.</ref>
  
 
==Description==  
 
==Description==  
 
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''G. catesbaei'' is a perennial forb native to the southeast United States <ref name="USDA"> USDA Plants Database URL: https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=GECA10 </ref>.
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''G. catesbaei'' is a perennial forb that is a member of the Gentianaceae family native to the southeast United States.<ref name="USDA"> USDA Plants Database URL: https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=GECA10 </ref>
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
The distribution of G. ''catesbaei'' ranges from north Florida to southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey <ref name="USDA"/>.
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The distribution of ''G. catesbaei'' ranges from north Florida to southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey <ref name="USDA"/>.
  
 
==Ecology==
 
==Ecology==
 
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''G. catesbaei'' can be found in "pocosins, moist longleaf pine savanna edges, edges of moist hardwood forests, bluff seepages" <ref name="Weakley"/>. Habitat typically has saturated, loamy, peat soil <ref name="Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R. K. Godfrey, A. Gholson Jr., D. C. Vickers, Steve N. Jones, Rodie White, R. Komarek and  
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''G. catesbaei'' can be found in "pocosins, moist longleaf pine savanna edges, edges of moist hardwood forests, bluff seepages" <ref name="Weakley"/>. It has been observed in a swale clearing of a wet woodland, in a logged over hillside bog, on the border of a small marsh and a pond, a bottomland woodland, a streamside, floodplain woods, and a ''Magnolia virginiana'' swamp. Habitat typically has saturated, loamy, peat soil.<ref name="Herbarium">Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R. K. Godfrey, A. Gholson Jr., D. C. Vickers, Steve N. Jones, Rodie White, R. Komarek and R. Kral. States and Counties: Alabama: Covington and Coffee. Georgia: Grady and Thomas. Florida: Leon, Gadsden, and Wakulla. </ref> It is listed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as an obligate wetland species that only occurs in wetland habitats.<ref name= "USDA"/>
R. Kral. States and Counties: Alabama: Covington and Coffee. Georgia: Grady and Thomas. Florida: Leon, Gadsden, and Wakulla. </ref>.
 
  
 
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This species typically flowers from late September through November<ref name="Weakley">Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref>, but can still have flowers present through mid-December <ref name= "Herbarium"/>.  
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This species typically flowers from late September through November<ref name="Weakley">Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.</ref>, but can still have flowers present through mid-December.<ref name= "Herbarium"/> It has been observed to flower in November and December as well.<ref>Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 17 MAY 2019</ref>
 
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==Conservation and Management==
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==Conservation, cultivation, and restoration==
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''Gentiana catesbaei'' is listed as extirpated by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.<ref name= "USDA"/> It is also presumed to be extirpated in New Jersey, and is critically imperiled in Mississippi, as well as vulnerable in North Carolina.<ref>[[http://explorer.natureserve.org]] NatureServe Explorer. Accessed: May 17, 2019</ref>
  
==Cultivation and restoration==
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==References and notes==
 
==References and notes==

Latest revision as of 15:09, 30 June 2022

Common names: Elliott's gentian; coastal plain gentian

Gentiana catesbaei
Gentiana catesbaei AFP.jpg
Photo by the Atlas of Florida Plants Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Genus: Gentiana
Species: G. catesbaei
Binomial name
Gentiana catesbaei
Walter
GENT CATES DIST.JPG
Natural range of Gentiana catesbaei from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Dasystephana latifolia (Chapman) Small; D. parvifolia (Chapman) Small; Pneumonanthe catesbaei (Walter) F.W. Schmidt.[1]

Varieties: none.[1]

Description

G. catesbaei is a perennial forb that is a member of the Gentianaceae family native to the southeast United States.[2]

Distribution

The distribution of G. catesbaei ranges from north Florida to southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey [2].

Ecology

Habitat

G. catesbaei can be found in "pocosins, moist longleaf pine savanna edges, edges of moist hardwood forests, bluff seepages" [3]. It has been observed in a swale clearing of a wet woodland, in a logged over hillside bog, on the border of a small marsh and a pond, a bottomland woodland, a streamside, floodplain woods, and a Magnolia virginiana swamp. Habitat typically has saturated, loamy, peat soil.[4] It is listed by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service as an obligate wetland species that only occurs in wetland habitats.[2]

Phenology

This species typically flowers from late September through November[3], but can still have flowers present through mid-December.[4] It has been observed to flower in November and December as well.[5]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Gentiana catesbaei is listed as extirpated by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.[2] It is also presumed to be extirpated in New Jersey, and is critically imperiled in Mississippi, as well as vulnerable in North Carolina.[6]

Cultural use

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Weakley, A.S. 2015. Flora of the southern and mid-atlantic states. Working Draft of 21 May 2015. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 USDA Plants Database URL: https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=GECA10
  3. 3.0 3.1 Weakley, A. S. (2015). Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States. Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Herbarium.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: May 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, R. K. Godfrey, A. Gholson Jr., D. C. Vickers, Steve N. Jones, Rodie White, R. Komarek and R. Kral. States and Counties: Alabama: Covington and Coffee. Georgia: Grady and Thomas. Florida: Leon, Gadsden, and Wakulla.
  5. Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 17 MAY 2019
  6. [[1]] NatureServe Explorer. Accessed: May 17, 2019