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Full Citation |
Material Information |
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Title: |
8 - Southern Arrowwood 9 - Four-petal St. John's-wort |
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Series Title: |
John & William Bartram specimen collection. Book 1 East Florida |
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Physical Description: |
Herbarium specimen |
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Creator: |
Bartram, William |
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Publisher: |
Natural History Museum (London) |
Subjects |
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Subjects / Keywords: |
Bartram herbarium specimens -- Florida Botanical specimens -- Collection and preservation -- Florida Botany -- Florida |
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Spatial Coverage: |
North America -- Florida |
Notes |
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Abstract: |
Original identification: 8 (Joseph Ewan) Viburnum rafinesquianum Schultes
9 (Joseph Ewan) Ascyrum tetrapetalum (Lam.) Vail Re-determination by Kent Perkins (KP) or J. Richard Abbott (JRA) 8 is Viburnum dentatum L., Southern arrowwood (Adoxaceae); Ewan's V. rafinesquianum is a more northern species found in the mountains and foothills. some treat V. dentatum as a variable species, including taxa like V. rafinesquianum, while others treat them as a complex of several closely related species. there is no single 'correct' answer. if one does choose to recognize V. rafinesquianum as distinct, then it does not occur in Florida; this specimen does not match the northern material either (petioles too long, stipules lacking, leaf shape wrong)
9 is probably Hypericum tetrapetalum Lam (Clusiaceae), which is the current name for Ascyrum tetrapetalum.
Whoever put the strip across the flowers should be reprimanded. KP JRA - definitely H. tetrapetalum! the cordate-clasping leaves and the broadly ovate sepals clinch it. Ewan's Ascyrum is just an old name for the same thing (synonym |
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Funding: |
The Bartram images displayed as part of this collection reside in the collections of the Natural History Museum (London). They were digitized by the Museum and are being made available through this site for reference and research purposes only. All other rights are retained by the Museum. |
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