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A description of ''Asimina reticulata'' is provided in [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500181 The Flora of North America].
 
A description of ''Asimina reticulata'' is provided in [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=233500181 The Flora of North America].
  
''Asimina reticulata'' is a long-lived perennial that reaches 2-4 feet in height <ref name="FNPS">[[http://www.fnps.org/plants/plant/asimina-reticulata]]Florida Native Plant Society. Accessed: November 24, 2015.</ref>. Leaves are simple and alternate with a white flower <ref name="LadyBird">[[http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ASRE7]]Accessed: November 24, 2015. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center</ref>. It has a rusty orange pubescent (Kral 1960).
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''Asimina reticulata'' is a long-lived perennial that reaches 2-4 feet in height <ref name="FNPS">[[http://www.fnps.org/plants/plant/asimina-reticulata]]Florida Native Plant Society. Accessed: November 24, 2015.</ref>. Leaves are simple and alternate <ref name="LadyBird">[[http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ASRE7]]Accessed: November 24, 2015. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center</ref> with a net like veins <ref name="Eattheweeds">[[http://www.eattheweeds.com/pawpawpanache-2/]]Eat the Weeds. Accessed November 24, 2015.</ref>. It has a rusty orange pubescent (Kral 1960).
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==

Revision as of 16:07, 24 November 2015

Asimina reticulata
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Asimina
Species: A. reticulata
Binomial name
Asimina reticulata
Shuttlw. ex Chapm.
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Natural range of Asimina reticulata from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common Name: Netted Pawpaw

Taxonomic notes

Description

A description of Asimina reticulata is provided in The Flora of North America.

Asimina reticulata is a long-lived perennial that reaches 2-4 feet in height [1]. Leaves are simple and alternate [2] with a net like veins [3]. It has a rusty orange pubescent (Kral 1960).

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Asimina reticulata occurs in poorly drained sands in areas such as slash pine and longleaf pine-saw palmetto flatwoods, and is often abundant enough to be classified as an understory dominant (Kral 1960). Associated species include Quercus, Pinus, Serenoa repens, Lyonia lucida, L. ferruginea, and Befaria racemosa (FSU Herbarium; Kral 1960).

In the northern Florida peninsula, there are populations of both A. reticulata and A. speciosa, however they occur in different habitats. A. reticulata is found in poorly drained low pinelands while A. speciosa is found on longleaf pine-turkey oak ridges in well drained sand (Kral 1960).

Phenology

It blooms January through December[2]. Flower buds develop as an axillary growth on the new shoot growth of one season and flower the following spring after overwintering (Kral 1960).

Seed dispersal

Seed bank and germination

Fire ecology

Following a disturbance such as fire or cutting, A. reticulata will immediately respond by putting up several leafy shoots with forming flower buds that will not open until the following growing season (Kral 1960).

Pollination

The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Asimina reticulata at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):

Halictidae: Lasioglossum nymphalis

Megachilidae: Megachile brevis pseudobrevis

Vespidae: Polistes dorsalis hunteri

Use by animals

Diseases and parasites

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

Deyrup, M.A. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.

Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: October 2015. Collectors: K.M. Meyer, A. Townesmith. States and Counties: Florida: Marion. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.

  1. [[1]]Florida Native Plant Society. Accessed: November 24, 2015.
  2. 2.0 2.1 [[2]]Accessed: November 24, 2015. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
  3. [[3]]Eat the Weeds. Accessed November 24, 2015.