Biology:Trillium vaseyi
| Trillium vaseyi | |
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| Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Melanthiaceae |
| Genus: | Trillium |
| Species: | T. vaseyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Trillium vaseyi Harb.[3]
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Trillium vaseyi, the sweet wakerobin[5] or sweet beth, is a spring flowering perennial plant which is found only in the southeastern United States, primarily in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains but with a few populations farther south.[4][6][7][8][9]
Description
Sweet wakerobin has among the largest flowers in the trillium family, with red petals up to 7 cm long. It grows in rich woods, sometimes on riverbanks but other times on steep slopes.[10]
Taxonomy
Trillium vaseyi was described by American botanist Thomas Grant Harbison in 1901.[3]
Conservation
(As of April 2023), the global conservation status of Trillium vaseyi is listed as vulnerable and near threatened by NatureServe and IUCN (resp.).[1][2] It is critically imperiled in Alabama.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Trillium vaseyi". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.131321/Trillium_vaseyi.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Texas Trillium (Trillium vaseyi)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, Version 2022-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/146088895/146089335.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Trillium vaseyi Harb.". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/258402-2.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Trillium vaseyi". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=290431.
- ↑ "Trillium vaseyi". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TRVA2. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ↑ Harbison, T. G. (1901). "New or little known species of Trillium". Biltmore Botanical Studies 1 (1): 24. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42992471#page/30/mode/1up. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ↑ Barksdale, Lane 1938. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 54(2): 285
- ↑ Tropicos, Trillium vaseyi Harb.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Case Jr., Frederick W. (2002), "Trillium vaseyi", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 26, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242102017
Bibliography
- Case, Frederick W.; Case, Roberta B. (1997). Trilliums. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 170–176. ISBN 978-0-88192-374-2. https://archive.org/details/trilliums00case.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Trillium vaseyi at iNaturalist
- Pistrang, Mark. "Vasey's Trillium (Trillium vaseyi)". United States Forest Service. https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/trillium_vaseyii.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3024508 entry
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