Rugelia
| Rugels ragwort | |
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| Tribe: | Senecioneae
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| Genus: | Rugelia Shuttlew. ex Chapm.
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| Species: | R. nudicaulis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rugelia nudicaulis | |
Rugelia nudicaulis (Rugel's Indian plantain[1] or Rugels ragwort), the sole species of the genus Rugelia, blooms in summer. It is a wildflower endemic to higher elevations in the Great Smoky Mountains.[2] It is a rare species in Tennessee.[3] First placed in the genus Senecio, then moved to Cacalia it was finally placed in a genus of its own, Rugelia. Genetic diversity in this plant, assessed using allozymes, is so low that the species may not survive changing environmental conditions.[4]
See also[]
- Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains
- Genetic diversity
- [1]- Tennessee Native Plant Society
References[]
- ^ "Rugelia nudicaulis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ University of Tennessee Herbarium
- ^ Tennessee state list
- ^ Journal of Heredity article
- Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 372, ISBN 978-1-55105-428-5
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Categories:
- NatureServe vulnerable species
- Senecioneae
- Monotypic Asteraceae genera
- Endemic flora of the United States
- Flora of North Carolina
- Flora of Tennessee
- Natural history of the Great Smoky Mountains
- Taxa named by Alvan Wentworth Chapman
- Taxa named by Robert J. Shuttleworth
- Senecioneae stubs