Difference between revisions of "Polygonella polygama"

(Ventenat) Engelmann & A. Gray

Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 231. 1845.

Common names: October-flower
Endemic
Basionym: Polygonum polygamum Ventenat Descr. Pl. Nouv., 65. 1800
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 5. Treatment on page 538. Mentioned on page 535.
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--><p>J. H. Horton (1963) found considerable intergradation among characters used by J. K. Small (1933) to separate Polyonella polygama, P. brachystachya, and P. croomii. He included the latter two taxa in <i>P. polygama</i>. R. P. Wunderlin (1981) as well as G. L. Nesom and V. M. Bates (1984) discussed morphological variation among these geographically distinct entities and recognized three varieties.</p>
 
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Latest revision as of 17:05, 6 November 2020

Subshrubs, perennial, dioecious, 1.5–7 dm. Stems erect or decumbent, usually branched proximally and distally, glabrous or minutely pubescent. Leaves persistent; ocrea margins not ciliate; blade linear to narrowly clavate or broadly spatulate, (3–)4–16(–36) × (0.3–)0.6–3.6(–5) mm, base barely tapered to attenuate, margins hyaline at least along distal 1/2, apex obtuse, glabrous. Inflorescences (2–)4–20(–33) mm; ocreola encircling rachis, only the base adnate to rachis, apex acute to acuminate. Pedicels spreading in anthesis, spreading to reflexed in fruit, 0.2–0.9 mm, as long or much longer than subtending ocreola. Flowers functionally unisexual; filaments dimorphic; anthers pink, orange, or yellow; styles and stigma ca. 0.1 mm in anthesis. Staminate flowers: outer tepals loosely appressed in anthesis, reflexed in fruit, white, broadly elliptic, 0.9–1.8 mm in anthesis, margins entire; inner tepals appressed in anthesis and fruit, white, elliptic, 0.9–1.7 mm in anthesis, margins entire. Pistillate flowers: outer tepals loosely appressed in anthesis, usually reflexed in fruit, white to pink, often drying yellow, broadly elliptic to ovate, 0.5–1.3 mm in anthesis, margins entire; inner tepals appressed in anthesis and fruit, white to pink, often drying yellow or red, broadly elliptic to ovate, 0.6–1.5 mm in anthesis, margins entire. Achenes mostly included, brown to yellow-brown, 3-gonous, 1.3–2.1 × 0.7–1.2 mm, shiny, smooth. 2n = 28.

Distribution

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Ala., Fla., Ga., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., Va.

Discussion

Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).

J. H. Horton (1963) found considerable intergradation among characters used by J. K. Small (1933) to separate Polyonella polygama, P. brachystachya, and P. croomii. He included the latter two taxa in P. polygama. R. P. Wunderlin (1981) as well as G. L. Nesom and V. M. Bates (1984) discussed morphological variation among these geographically distinct entities and recognized three varieties.

Selected References

None.

Key

1 Ocreae with apex acuminate, tip 1-1.5 mm; leaf blades usually 0.5-1 mm wide Polygonella polygama var. croomii
1 Ocreae with apex obtuse to acute, tip 0.1-0.5 mm; leaf blades 0.5-6 mm wide > 2
2 Leaf blades 0.5-1 mm wide Polygonella polygama var. brachystachya
2 Leaf blades (2-)3-6 mm wide Polygonella polygama var. polygama