Kalmia buxifolia

Kalmia buxifolia

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Ericoideae
Tribus: Phyllodoceae
Genus: Kalmia
Species: Kalmia buxifolia

Name

Kalmia buxifolia (P.J.Bergius) Gift & Kron (2008)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Ledum buxifolium Bergius, Acta Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 1(1): 213. 1777.

• Homotypic
  • Ammyrsine buxifolia (Bergius) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. (Pursh) 1: 301. 1813.
  • Dendrium buxifolium (Bergius) Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 1: 36. 1813.
  • Kalmia buxifolia (Bergius) Gift, Kron & P.F.Stevens, Bot. Rev. 68(3): 409. 2002, nom. inval.
  • Leiophyllum buxifolium (Bergius) Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina (Elliott) 1: 483. 1817.
  • Leiophyllum buxifolium var. typicum C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. [C.K.Schneider] 2: 512. 1911, nom. inadmiss.

• Heterotypic
  • Ammyrsine lyoni Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 2, 344. 1830, nom. inval.
  • Ammyrsine prostrata Loudon, Hort. Brit., ed. 2, 477. 1832, nom. illeg.
  • Ammyrsine prostrata (Loudon) Sweet ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (Steudel), ed. 2. 1: 78. 1840, nom. illeg.
  • Ammyrsine thymifolia J.Forbes, Hort. Woburn. 93. 1833.
  • Dendrium buxifolium var. hugeri (C.K.Schneid.) H.F.Copel., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 30: 568. 1943, nom. illeg.
  • Dendrium buxifolium var. prostratum (Loudon) Ashe, Bot. Gaz. 24: 377. 1897.
  • Dendrium hugeri Small, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 360. 1901, nom. illeg.
  • Dendrium lyoni (Sweet) Small, N. Amer. Fl. 29: 39. 1914, nom. illeg.
  • Dendrium prostratum (Loudon) Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 882, 1336. 1903, nom. illeg.
  • Ledum palustre var. thymifolium Lodd., A catalogue of plants and seeds which are sold by Conrad Loddiges, London. 1777.4-1783.8.
  • Ledum palustre var. thymifolium C.F.Ludw., Neuere. Wilde Baumz. 3. 1783, nom. inval.
  • Leiophyllum serpylifolium DC., Prodr. 7, 2: 730. 1839.
  • Ledum serpylifolium (DC.) L'Hér. ex DC., Prodr. 7, 2: 730. 1839, nom. inval.
  • Ledum thymifolium Marshall, Cat. Alph. Arbr. 117. 1788.
  • Leiophyllum buxifolium var. hugeri C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. (C.K.Schneider) 2: 512. 1911.
  • Leiophyllum buxifolium var. prostratum (Loudon) A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 44. 1878.
  • Leiophyllum buxifolium var. prostratum Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben. (Beissner & al.) 385. 1903, comb. superfl.
  • Leiophyllum lyoni Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3, 444. 1839, nom. illeg.
  • Leiophyllum prostratum (Loudon) Loudon, Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 1155. 1838.
  • Leiophyllum thymifolium (Marshall) Eaton, Man. Bot., ed. 2, 298. 1818.
  • Leiophyllum thymifolium Steud., Nomencl. Bot. (Steudel) 469. 1821, nom. inval.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional:Southeastern USA USA (Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gift, N. & Kron, K.A. 2008. Nordic Journal of Botany 26: 47. 2008.

Additional references

• Webster, A.D. 1893. Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs. Hicks, Wilkinson & Sears, London.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2020. Kalmia buxifolia. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 06. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Kalmia buxifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 May 06. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Kalmia buxifolia. Published online. Accessed: May 06 2020.
• Tropicos.org 2020. Kalmia buxifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 06 May 2020.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Kalmia buxifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Sandmyrtle

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