A New Species of Blephilia (Limiaceae) from Northern Alabama
Simmers RW and Kral R. 1992. A New Species of Blephilia (Limiaceae) from Northern Alabama. Rhodora. 94(877):1-14
ABSTRACT: Blephilia subnuda Simmers & Krai is described from the Cumberland Plateau province of northern Alabama. This species is compared with other species and forms of Blephilia, from all of which it differs in its puberulent calyx tube. From B. ciliata it differs primarily also in having serotinous decumbent offshoots, stems glabrate below the middle, leaves glabrate, calyx mostly shorter, and corollas paler in ground color (white to pale purple). From glabrate forms of B. hirsuta it differs primarily in stem vesture, leaves with fewer trichomes, calyx with longer, puberulent tube and longer teeth of lower lip, and darker nutlet color.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Simmers, Richard; Kral, Robert
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- APHN, Appalachian Highlands Network, Blephilia, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM, GRSM-01673, Limiaceae, new species, SER, Southeast Region, vascular plant