Biology:Arisaema stewardsonii

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Arisaema stewardsonii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Genus: Arisaema
Species:
A. stewardsonii
Binomial name
Arisaema stewardsonii
Britton[1]
Synonyms[2]

Arisaema stewardsonii is a species of flowering plant in the arum family Araceae.[2] It is a member of the Arisaema triphyllum complex, a group of closely related taxa in eastern North America. The specific name stewardsonii honors American botanist Stewardson Brown (1867–1921). It is commonly known as the bog Jack-in-the-pulpit (or bog Jack). It is sometimes referred to as the swamp Jack-in-the-pulpit, not to be confused with Arisaema pusillum, which is also known by that name.

Description

Arisaema stewardsonii is a herbaceous, perennial, flowering plant growing from a corm. Like other members of the Arisaema triphyllum complex, it has three leaflets per leaf. Its spathe tube is strongly fluted (ridged), the only member of the complex with this distinctive character.[3]

Taxonomy

Arisaema stewardsonii was first described and named by Nathaniel Lord Britton in 1901.[1] Earlier that year, its type specimen was collected in Tannersville, Pennsylvania by Stewardson Brown, Eugene Pintard Bicknell, and Britton.[4] The author referred to the type as Stewardson Brown's Indian turnip.[5]

Arisaema stewardsonii is a member of the Arisaema triphyllum complex, a group of closely related taxa that also includes Arisaema acuminatum, Arisaema pusillum, Arisaema quinatum, and Arisaema triphyllum. (As of March 2023), some authorities consider Arisaema stewardsonii to be a synonym for Arisaema triphyllum or A. triphyllum subsp. stewardsonii.[6][7][8] However, most authorities accept Arisaema stewardsonii and the other species-level members of the complex.[3][9][10][11]

Distribution and habitat

Arisaema stewardsonii was originally found in eastern Pennsylvania growing in wet woods among Sphagnum mosses,[5] hence the name bog Jack-in-the-pulpit. It occurs primarily in the northeastern United States and the Maritime provinces of eastern Canada,[2][7][12] ranging southward to the mountains in eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina,[13] and westward to Ohio. Being the most northern taxon of the Arisaema triphyllum complex, it is sometimes called the northern Jack-in-the-pulpit.[14]

Conservation

The global conservation status of Arisaema stewardsonii is unknown. Based on the conservation status of Arisaema triphyllum subsp. stewardsonii,[12] it may be inferred that Arisaema stewardsonii is globally secure (G5). It is uncommon (or worse) in North Carolina (S3), Ohio (S3), District of Columbia (S1S3), and New Jersey (S2).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Arisaema stewardsonii Britton". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/19079-2. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Arisaema stewardsonii Britton" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/19079-2. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Weakley & Southeastern Flora Team (2022), pp. 180–1.
  4. "Isotype of Arisaema stewardsonii Britton [family Araceae"]. https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.mich1115581. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Britton, Nathaniel Lord (1901), Manual of the flora of the northern states and Canada, New York: Henry Holt and Company, p. 1045, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/15515#page/1061/mode/1up, retrieved 2 February 2023 
  6. Thompson, Sue A. (2000), "Arisaema triphyllum", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 22, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=222000013, retrieved 3 February 2023 
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott ssp. stewardsonii (Britton) Huttleston". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=ARTRS. 
  8. "Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=42525. 
  9. "Arisaema Mart." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/328148-2. 
  10. "Bog Jack-in-the-pulpit - Arisaema stewardsonii Britton". North Carolina Biodiversity Project. https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/species_account.php?id=2906. 
  11. "Arisaema". https://tennessee-kentucky.plantatlas.usf.edu/Genus.aspx?id=79. 
  12. 12.0 12.1 "Arisaema triphyllum subsp. stewardsonii". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.160931/Arisaema_triphyllum_ssp_stewardsonii. 
  13. "Arisaema stewardsonii Britton". https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/show-taxon-detail.php?taxonid=357. 
  14. "Arisaema stewardsonii". http://www.namethatplant.net/plantdetail.shtml?plant=4039. 

Bibliography

  • Huttleston, Donald G. (1949). "The three subspecies of Arisaema triphyllum". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 76 (6): 407–413. doi:10.2307/2482333. 
  • Huttleston, Donald G. (1981). "The four subspecies of Arisaema triphyllum". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 108 (4): 479–481. doi:10.2307/2484449. 
  • Treiber, Miklos (1980). Biosystematics of the Arisaema triphyllum complex (PhD). Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina.
  • Weakley, Alan S.; Southeastern Flora Team (2022). "Flora of the southeastern United States". University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden. https://ncbg.unc.edu/research/unc-herbarium/flora-request/. 

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