Syngonanthus flavidulus
| Syngonanthus flavidulus | |
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| Photo by John R. Gwaltney, Southeastern Flora.com | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Liliopsida – Monocotyledons |
| Order: | Eriocaulales |
| Family: | Eriocaulaceae |
| Genus: | Syngonanthus |
| Species: | S. flavidulus |
| Binomial name | |
| Syngonanthus flavidulus (Michx.) Ruhl. | |
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| Natural range of Syngonanthus flavidulus from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common names: Yellow hatpins, Bantam-buttons
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
A description of Syngonanthus flavidulus is provided in The Flora of North America.
Distribution
S. flavidulus can be found in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. It is ranked vulnerable in North Carolina and imperiled in Mississippi and South Carolina.[1]
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida, S. flavidulus habitats include pine-oak woodlands, wet pine flatwoods, margins of cypress wetlands, sphagnous bogs, and powerline corridors.[2] S. flavidulus grows in areas of copious ground water seepage in poorly drained soils and sandy loam. Strongly associated species include Lachnocaulon digynum, Sarracenia psittacina, and Xyris drummondii. Other associated species: Drosera capillaries, Eriocaulon decangulare, Eryngium integrifolium, and Oxypolis filiformis.[3][2] S. flavidulus responds both positively and negatively to heavy silvilculture in North Florida. [4] It responds positively to soil disturbance by clearcutting and chopping in North Florida flatwoods forests.[5]
Syngonanathus flavidulus is an indicator species for the Central Florida Flatwoods/Prairies community type as described in Carr et al. (2010).[6]
Phenology
Flowers early spring to early summer.[7]
Seed bank and germination
This species was found viable in the seed bank of Florida pine flatwoods communities following fire after over 30 years of fire exclusion.[8]
Fire ecology
It has been observed growing in an annually burned longleaf pineland.[2]
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Syngonanthus flavidulus at Archbold Biological Station: [9]
Colletidae: Colletes brimleyi, Colletes mandibularis, Hylaeus confluens
Halictidae: Agapostemon splendens, Augochlorella gratiosa, Augochloropsis sumptuosa, Halictus poeyi, Lasioglossum coreopsis, L. lepidii, L. nymphalis, L. puteulanum, L. tamiamensis, Sphecodes heraclei
Leucospididae: Leucospis robertsoni, L. slossonae
Megachilidae: Anthidiellum perplexum, Dianthidium floridiense, Hoplitis truncata, Megachile georgica
Pompilidae: Anoplius americanus trifasciatus, Anoplius marginalis, Aporinellus apicatus, Episyron conterminus posterus
Sphecidae: Ammophila pictipennis, Bicyrtes capnoptera, Cerceris blakei, C. compar, Ectemnius decemmaculatus tequesta, E. rufipes ais, Hoplisoides placidus placidus, Microbembex monodonta, Oxybelus decorosum, O. laetus fulvipes, Philanthus ventilabris, Prionyx thomae, Stictiella serrata, Tachysphex apicalis, T. similis
Vespidae: Leptochilus krombeini, L. republicanus, Pachodynerus erynnis, Parancistrocerus bicornis, P. fulvipes rufovestris, P. histrio, P. perennis anacardivora, P. salcularis rufulus, P. vagus slossoni, Pseudodynerus quadrisectus, Stenodynerus histrionalis rufustus, S. lineatifrons
Conservation and management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
Flowers of Syngonanthus flavidulus Photo by John R. Gwaltney, Southeastern Flora.com
References and notes
Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Bob Fewster, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, Marc Minno, R.A. Norris, Cecil R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Flagler, Franklin, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla. Georgia: Clinch, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
- ↑ [[1]]NatureServe. Accessed: March 17, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Bob Fewster, Robert K. Godfrey, R. Komarek, Marc Minno, R.A. Norris, Cecil R. Slaughter. States and Counties: Florida: Flagler, Franklin, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla. Georgia: Clinch, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
- ↑ Bridges, E. L. and S. L. Orzell (1989). "SYNGONANTHUS FLAVIDULUS (ERIOCAULACEAE) NEW TO MISSISSIPPI." SIDA, Contributions to Botany 13(4): 512-515.
- ↑ Conde, L.F., B.F. Swindel, and J.E. Smith. (1986). Five Years of Vegetation Changes Following Conversion of Pine Flatwoods to Pinus elliottii Plantations. Forest Ecology and Management 15(4):295-300.
- ↑ Moore, W.H., B.F. Swindel, and W.S. Terry. (1982). Vegetative Response to Clearcutting and Chopping in a North Florida Flatwoods Forest. Journal of Range Management 35(2):214-218.
- ↑ Carr, S.C., K.M. Robertson, and R.K. Peet. 2010. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands of Florida. Castanea 75:153-189.
- ↑ [[2]]Encyclopedia of Life. Accessed: March 17, 2016
- ↑ Maliakal, S.K., E.S. Menges and J.S. Denslow. 2000. Community composition and regeneration of Lake Wales Ridge wiregrass flatwoods in retlation to time-since-fire. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 127:125-138.
- ↑ Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
