Ptilimnium nodosum

harperella
Conservation status

Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Ptilimnium
Species: P. nodosum
Binomial name
Ptilimnium nodosum
Rose (Mathias)
Synonyms[1]
  • Harperia nodosa Rose
  • Carum nodosum (Rose) Koso-Pol.
  • Harperella nodosa (Rose) Rose

Ptilimnium nodosum (synonym=Harperella nodosa), common name harperella, is a plant native to riparian environments in the Southeastern United States, found at sites in West Virginia, Maryland, several Southeastern states such as Alabama and North Carolina, and the Ouachita National Forest in Arkansas and Oklahoma.[2][3][4][5][6]

Ptilimnium nodosum was placed on the United States' Endangered Species List in 1988.[7]

References

  1. Tropicos, Ptilimnium nodosum (Rose) Mathias
  2. Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Dicotyledons 1–944. Univ. Georgia Press, Athens
  3. Mathias, M. E. 1936. Studies in the Umbelliferae. V. Brittonia 2(3): 239–245
  4. Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
  5. Feist, M.A.E., S.R. Downie, A.R. Magee & M. Liu. 2012. Revised generic delimitations for Oxypolis and Ptilimnium (Apiaceae) based on leaf morphology, comparative fruit anatomy, and phylogenetic analysis of nuclear rDNA Its and cpDNA "trnQ-trnK" intergenic spacer sequence data. Taxon 61(2): 402-418.
  6. Buthod, A.K. and B.W. Hoagland. 2013. Noteworthy Collections: Oklahoma. Castanea 78(3): 213-215.
  7. Center for Plant Conservation

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