Piriqueta caroliniana

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Piriqueta caroliniana
Piriqueta caroliniana SEF.jpg
Photo by John Gwaltney hosted at Southeastern Flora.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicots
Order: Violales
Family: Turneraceae
Genus: Piriqueta
Species: P. caroliniana
Binomial name
Piriqueta caroliniana
L.
PIRI CARO DIST.JPG
Natural range of Piriqueta caroliniana from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Taxonomic Notes

Synonyms: Piriqueta cistoides (Linnaeus) Grisebach ssp. caroliniana (Walter) M.M. Arbo; P. glabrescens Small; P. viridis Small

Varieties: Piriqueta caroliniana (Walter) Urban var. caroliniana; P. caroliniana (Walter) Urban var. viridis

Description

Distribution

Ecology

Habitat

Fire ecology

Populations of Piriqueta caroliniana have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[1][2]

Piriqueta caroliniana is an indicator species for the North Florida Subxeric Sandhills community type as described in Carr et al. (2010).[3]

Conservation and Management

Cultivation and restoration

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Glitzenstein, J. S., D. R. Streng, R. E. Masters, K. M. Robertson and S. M. Hermann 2012. Fire-frequency effects on vegetation in north Florida pinelands: Another look at the long-term Stoddard Fire Research Plots at Tall Timbers Research Station. Forest Ecology and Management 264: 197-209.
  2. Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.
  3. Carr, S.C., K.M. Robertson, and R.K. Peet. 2010. A vegetation classification of fire-dependent pinelands of Florida. Castanea 75:153-189.