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| − | It is endemic to rosemary and sand pine scrubs in peninsular Florida <ref name="natureserve">[[http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Persea+borbonia+var.+humilis]]NatureServe. Accessed: February 20, 2016</ref> | + | It is endemic to rosemary and sand pine scrubs in peninsular Florida.<ref name="natureserve">[[http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Persea+borbonia+var.+humilis]]NatureServe. Accessed: February 20, 2016</ref> |
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The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Persea humilis'' at Archbold Biological Station: <ref name="Deyrup 2015">Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.</ref> | The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of ''Persea humilis'' at Archbold Biological Station: <ref name="Deyrup 2015">Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.</ref> | ||
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| Photo by Shirley Denton (Copyrighted, use by photographer’s permission only), Nature Photography by Shirley Denton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Persea |
| Species: | P. humilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Persea humilis Nash | |
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| Natural range of Persea humilis from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: silk bay
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Taxonomic notes
Synonyms: Tamala humilis (Nash) Small; Persea borbonia var. humilis (Nash) L.E. Kopp
Also called scrub bay.[1]
Description
A description of Persea humilis is provided in The Flora of North America.
The leaf is shiny green on the top, with dense rusty-red hairs on the bottom.[1] These hairs on the lower side of the leaf help reduce water loss.
Distribution
P. humilis is limited to the scrubs of the Florida peninsula.[1]
Ecology
Habitat
It is endemic to rosemary and sand pine scrubs in peninsular Florida.[2]
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Persea humilis at Archbold Biological Station: [3]
Colletidae: Colletes brimleyi, C. nudus
Halictidae: Augochlorella aurata, Augochloropsis metallica
Sphecidae: Bicyrtes quadrifasciata, Cerceris fumipennis
Vespidae: Euodynerus apopkensis, Polistes metricus, Pseudodynerus quadrisectus
