Biology:Cardamine angustata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Cardamine |
| Species: | C. angustata
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| Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz[2]
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Cardamine angustata (known by the common name slender toothwort) is a perennial forb native to the eastern United States,[4] that produces white to pink or purple flowers in early spring.
Description
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Cardamine angustata has basal leaves which can be as large as 24 centimeters, consisting of three leaflets borne on a 3 to 16 centimeter long petiole. The erect unbranched stem is 12 to 30 centimeters tall, and can be smooth or pubescent. There are two or three leaves on the stem, which are different in morphology from the basal leaves, they are also divided into three leaflets, but these are only 2 to 7 centimeters long and 3 to 6 millimeters wide. The flowers are borne in a raceme. The petals are 9 to 18 millimeters long and 2 to 5 millimeters wide. The fruit is linear, 2.5 to 4 centimeters long and 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters wide.[5]
Taxonomy
Cardamine angustata was first described as Dentaria heterophylla by the English botanist Thomas Nuttall in 1818.[6][7] The American botanist Alphonso Wood placed Dentaria heterophylla Nutt. in genus Cardamine in 1870.[8][9] However, in 1903 the German botanist Otto Eugen Schulz declared the name Cardamine heterophylla (Nutt.) Alph.Wood to be illegitimate since the binomial name Cardamine heterophylla had already been in use prior to 1870. To correct the error, Schulz proposed the specific epithet angustata in lieu of heterophylla. The resulting name Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz is widely used today.[3][10]
Cardamine angustata is a member of the Cardamine concatenata alliance, a monophyletic group of eastern North American species that includes Cardamine angustata, Cardamine concatenata, Cardamine diphylla, Cardamine dissecta, Cardamine incisa, and Cardamine maxima.[11] All members of the alliance were previously placed in genus Dentaria Tourn. ex L., which is now considered to be a synonym for Cardamine L.[12]
Distribution and habitat
Cardamine angustata is widely distributed in the eastern United States , although local distribution may be spotty. It has been recorded in Alabama, Arkansas, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee , Virginia, and West Virginia.[4] In Virginia, it grows in habitats such as well-drained floodplain forests and mesic to dry-mesic upland forests.[13] The presence of this species is dependent on the appropriate habitat, and it may be eliminated from an area by development, changes in land use, or competition with invasive species.
Conservation
The global conservation status of Cardamine angustata is secure (G5).[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cardamine angustata". NatureServe Explorer. NatureServe. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.154523/Cardamine_angustata.
- ↑ "Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/45088-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/45088-2.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Plants Profile for Cardamine angustata (slender toothwort)". http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CAAN11. USDA, NRCS. 2014. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov)[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]. National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA.
- ↑ "Cardamine angustata in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250094652. 'eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet (http://www.efloras.org). Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ↑ "Dentaria heterophylla Nutt.". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/281969-1.
- ↑ Nuttall, Thomas (1818). The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817: Volume II. Philadelphia. p. 66. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/723819#page/66/mode/1up. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ↑ "Cardamine heterophylla (Nutt.) Alph.Wood". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/280372-1.
- ↑ Wood (1889), Part IV, pp. 37–38.
- ↑ Al-Shehbaz, Ihsan A.; Marhold, Karol; Lihová, Judita (2010), "Cardamine angustata", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 7, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250094652, retrieved 8 June 2023
- ↑ Sweeney, Patrick W.; Price, Robert A. (2001). "A multivariate morphological analysis of the Cardamine concatenata alliance (Brassicaceae)". Brittonia 53 (1): 82-95. https://www.academia.edu/11088450/A_multivariate_morphological_analysis_of_the_Cardamine_concatenata_alliance_Brassicaceae_. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ↑ "Dentaria Tourn. ex L." (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/30001912-2.
- ↑ "Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora | Cardamine angustata O. E. Schulz". http://vaplantatlas.org/index.php?do=plant&plant=271. Virginia Botanical Associates. (2014). Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora (http://www.vaplantatlas.org)[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]. c/o Virginia Botanical Associates, Blacksburg.
Bibliography
- 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/.
- Wood, Alphonso (1889). Willis, Oliver R.. ed. The New American Botanist and Florist (Revised 8th ed.). New York and Chicago: A. S. Barnes & Company. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39531000#page/7/mode/1up. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
External links
- "Cardamine angustata O.E.Schulz". https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/show-taxon.php?plantname=Cardamine+angustata.
Wikidata ☰ Q15538072 entry
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