Dicerandra modesta

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Dicerandra modesta
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Status TNC G1.svg
Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Dicerandra
Species:
D. modesta
Binomial name
Dicerandra modesta
(Huck) Huck
Synonyms [2]

Dicerandra frutescens ssp. modestaHuck

Dicerandra modesta is a species of Dicerandra endemic to the Lake Wales Ridge in Central Florida, United States. It is commonly known as blushing scrub balm. [3] It is a listed state and federal endangered species. It is known only from a few populations in Polk County, Florida. [4] It grows in scrub and sand hills. [1]

Dicerandra modesta grows up to 12 in (30 cm) tall. Leaves are oblong to oblanceolate with a minty fragrance. [3] D. modesta was originally described as a subspecies of D. frutescens. [4] It was suggested as a species in 2008 [5] based on molecular phylogenetic data indicating that it was more closely related to D. thinicola and D. immaculata var. immaculata than D. frutescens [6] despite a disjunct distribution and morphological differences. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 NatureServe (5 April 2024). "Dicerandra modesta". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Dicerandra modesta (Huck) Huck". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 Hammer, Roger L. (2016). Central Florida Wildflowers: A Field Guide to Wildflowers of the Lake Wales Ridge, Ocala National Forest, Disney Wilderness Preserve, and More than 60 State Parks and Preserves. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 64. ISBN   9781493022168.
  4. 1 2 Huck, Robin B. (2001-01-01). "Two New Infraspecific Taxa in Florida Dicerandra (Labiatae)". Novon. 11 (4): 417–420. doi:10.2307/3393153. JSTOR   3393153 . Retrieved 17 April 2024– via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. 1 2 Huck, Robin B. (2008). "DICERANDRA MODESTA (LAMIACEAE): RAISE IN RANK FOR A DISJUNCT PERENNIAL IN A NEW COASTAL CLADE IN FLORIDA". Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 2 (2): 1163–1164. S2CID   181696130 . Retrieved 17 April 2024– via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. ↑ Oliveira, Luiz O.; Huck, Robin B.; Gitzendanner, Matthew A.; Judd, Walter S.; Soltis, Douglas E.; Soltis, Pamela S. (2007). "Molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and systematics of Dicerandra (Lamiaceae), a genus endemic to the southeastern United States". American Journal of Botany. 94 (6): 1017–1027. doi: 10.3732/ajb.94.6.1017 .
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