Difference between revisions of "Prosartes maculata"

(Buckley) A. Gray

Amer. J. Sci. Arts 47: 201. 1844.

Common names: Nodding mandarin
Endemic
Basionym: Streptopus maculatus Buckley Amer. J. Sci. Arts 45: 170. 1843
Synonyms: Disporum cahnae Farwell Disporum maculatum (Buckley) Britton Disporum schaffneri Moldenke
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 144. Mentioned on page 142.
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Plants 3–8 dm, glabrescent with age. Stems sparingly branched. Leaves 4–15 × 2–4 cm; blade ovate to lanceolate, rounded to subcordate basally, abaxial surface veins and margins pubescent, hairs scattered, flattened, apex sharply acuminate, with (3–) 5 prominent veins. Flowers 1–3 (–4); perianth broadly campanulate; tepals creamy white spotted with purple, ovatelanceolate, abruptly narrowly clawed basally, 15–25 mm, apex acuminate; stamens exserted; filaments filiform, 15–20 mm; anthers 3–6 mm; ovary obconic to obpyriform, becoming 3-lobed after anthesis, papillose with ascending, stellate glandular-hairs, ovules 2–4 per locule, horizontal; style 1.4–2.3 cm, glabrous; stigma 3-lobed. Berries pale straw-colored, 3-lobed, 6–10-seeded, 10–15 mm, papillose with stellate hairs arising from papillae; lobes subglobose. Seeds 4 mm. 2n = 12.


Phenology: Flowering early–late spring.
Habitat: Rich, moist, deciduous woods, slopes and ravines
Elevation: 100–800 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ga., Ky., Mich., N.C., Ohio, Tenn., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

This rare old-forest obligate is readily distinguished by its purple-spotted, clawed tepals and its three-lobed, straw-colored, hairy-papillose fruit (R. G. Johnson 1968).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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versatile +  and dorsifixed +
linear-oblong +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
acuminate +
Frederick H. Utech +
(Buckley) A. Gray +
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
dilated +
Streptopus maculatus +
pale straw-colored +
papillose +
3-lobed +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
reticulate-veined +  and parallel-veined +
ovate +  and lanceolate rounded +
sheathing +  and involucrate +
tunicate +  and scaly +
Nodding mandarin +
Ala. +, Ga. +, Ky. +, Mich. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
100–800 m +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
straw-colored;red +
indehiscent +, septicidal +  and loculicidal +
Rich, moist, deciduous woods, slopes and ravines +
flattened +
umbellate +, cymose +  and spicate +
paired +, paniculate +  and racemose +
subsessile +  and sessile +
persistent +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
subglobose +
3-lobed;obconic;obpyriform +
zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
campanulate +
Flowering early–late spring. +
Amer. J. Sci. Arts +
wind-distributed +
light yellow +  and orangish brown +
1 +  and many +
ellipsoid +  and oblong +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
3 +, 4 +  and 6 +
1 +  and several +
exserted +  and included +
3 +  and 1 +
filiform +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br />) +
Disporum cahnae +, Disporum maculatum +  and Disporum schaffneri +
Prosartes maculata +
Prosartes +
species +
spotted with purple;creamy white +
deciduous +
distinct +
clawed +  and ovatelanceolate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
sepaloid +  and petaloid +
narrower +
caulescent +  and scapose +
3 +  and 2 +
11 +, 9 +, 8 +  and 6 +