Gaylussacia tomentosa

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Gaylussacia tomentosa
Systematics
Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
Asterids
Order : Heather-like (Ericales)
Family : Heather family (Ericaceae)
Genre : Gaylussacia
Type : Gaylussacia tomentosa
Scientific name
Gaylussacia tomentosa
( A.Gray ) Pursh ex Small 1897

Gaylussacia tomentosa ( English hairy dangleberry or hairytwig huckleberry ) is a species of the heather family. It is native to the coastal plains of the southeastern United States ( Alabama , Georgia , Florida , North Carolina , South Carolina ).

description

Gaylussacia tomentosa is a shrub up to two meters high that spreads through rhizomes and occasionally forms large stands with the shoots that sprout from it. The leaves are dark or yellow-green on the upper side and pale green and shiny waxy on the underside. The flowers hang in groups of 2… 4 and are greenish white. The fruits are dark blue or sometimes white, sweet and juicy.

Taxonomy

Asa Gray described the species as Vaccinium tomentosum in 1878 . The currently valid name has existed since 1897.

The Plant List , a joint project of the Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew) and the Missouri Botanical Garden and the online database Tropicos of the Missouri Botanical Garden, list the following synonyms:

  • Gaylussacia frondosa var. Tomentosa A. Gray 1878
  • Decachaena tomentosa (Pursh ex A. Gray) Small
  • Decamerium tomentosum (Pursh) Ashe
  • Vaccinium tomentosum Pursh ex A. Gray

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bruce A. Sorrie, Alan S. Weakley, Gordon C. Tucker: Gaylussacia tomentosa (A. Gray) Pursh ex Small, 1897. Hairy dangleberry . In: Flora of North America @ eFloras.org . Retrieved April 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ Gaylussacia tomentosa . United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ Gaylussacia tomentosa, 2014 county distribution map . Biota of North America Program. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  4. ↑ Frederick Traugott Pursh: Gaylussacia tomentosa Pursh . In: Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club . 24, No. 9, 1897, p. 443.
  5. ↑ Gaylussacia tomentosa (A. Gray) Pursh ex Small . The Plant List. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ Gaylussacia frondosa var. Tomentosa A. Gray . In: Tropicos . Retrieved May 3, 2019.
  7. ^ Gray, Asa 1878. Synoptical Flora of North America 2 (1): 19