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''A. parviflora'' is a deciduous shrub found in the Coastal Plain in the southeastern United States. <ref name= "Norman 1992"> [Norman, E. M., et al. (1992). "Reproductive Biology of Asimina parviflora (Annonaceae)." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 119(1): 1-6.]</ref>
 
''A. parviflora'' is a deciduous shrub found in the Coastal Plain in the southeastern United States. <ref name= "Norman 1992"> [Norman, E. M., et al. (1992). "Reproductive Biology of Asimina parviflora (Annonaceae)." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 119(1): 1-6.]</ref>
  
Has been found on sparse loamy sands, moist sands, floodplains, woodland slope, and bottomland hardwood forests. <ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, William Platt, M. Darst, H. Light, P. Isom, L. Peed. States and counties: Florida (Wakulla, Jefferson, Franklin, Leon, Lafayette), Georgia (Thomas) </ref>
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This species has been found on sparse loamy sands, moist sands, floodplains, woodland slope, and bottomland hardwood forests. <ref name = "FSU herbarium"> URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, William Platt, M. Darst, H. Light, P. Isom, L. Peed. States and counties: Florida (Wakulla, Jefferson, Franklin, Leon, Lafayette), Georgia (Thomas) </ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 14:09, 5 June 2018

Common names: Smallflower pawpaw

Asimina parviflora
Asimina parviflora AFP.jpg
Photo by the Atlas of Florida Plants Database
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Asimina
Species: A. parviflora
Binomial name
Asimina parviflora
(Michx.) Dunal
ASIM PARV DIST.JPG
Natural range of Asimina parviflora from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: none

Varieties: none

Description

A. parviflora is a perennial shrub tree of hte Annonaceae family native to the southeastern United States. [1]

Distribution

A. parviflora is found in the southeastern United States, particularly in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. [1]

Ecology

Habitat

A. parviflora is a deciduous shrub found in the Coastal Plain in the southeastern United States. [2]

This species has been found on sparse loamy sands, moist sands, floodplains, woodland slope, and bottomland hardwood forests. [3]

Phenology

The A. parviflora flowers are the smallest in the assimina genus with 4-6 maroon flowers per branch. The flowers are in bloom from February to May depending on the year. [2]

Seed dispersal

The A. parviflora is pollinated by insects including the greenbottle fly and nitidulid beetles.[2]

Seed bank and germination

The fruit from A. parviflora requires an average of 3-4 months to mature and the number of seeds germinated is low compared to the initial population developed. [2]

Use by animals

A variety of flies are the most common visitor to the A. parviflora but they have not been traced to pollination, which is largely a result from beetles and the greenbottle fly.[2]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 USDA Plant Database
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 [Norman, E. M., et al. (1992). "Reproductive Biology of Asimina parviflora (Annonaceae)." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 119(1): 1-6.]
  3. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: June 2018. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Robert K. Godfrey, William Platt, M. Darst, H. Light, P. Isom, L. Peed. States and counties: Florida (Wakulla, Jefferson, Franklin, Leon, Lafayette), Georgia (Thomas)