Gordonia lasianthus

Gordonia lasianthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Theaceae
Tribus: Gordonieae
Genus: Gordonia
Species: Gordonia lasianthus

Name

Gordonia lasianthus (L.) J.Ellis, Philos. Trans. 60: 523, pl. 11. (1771)

• Type: South Carolina: Without data (lectotype: Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 1: t. 44 (1730)). Lectotypified by Reveal, in C.E.Jarvis, Order out of Chaos 583 (2007).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Hypericum lasianthus L., Sp. Pl. 2: 783 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Gordonia pyramidalis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 386 (1796), nom. illeg. superfl.
  • Lasianthus pyramidalis (Salisb.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 63 (1891), comb. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Ellis, J. 1771. "1770". A copy of a letter from John Ellis, Esq; F.R.S. to Dr. Linnæus, F.R.S. &c. with the figure and characters of that elegant American Evergreen-tree, called by the Gardiners the Loblolly-Bay [...] an intire new genus to which Mr. Ellis gives the name of Gordonia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 60: 518–523. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Gordonia lasianthus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sept. 26. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Gordonia lasianthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Sept. 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Gordonia lasianthus. Published online. Accessed: 26. Sept 2024.

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