Aletris bracteata

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Overview

Threatened

Common Names

Description

Genus Aletris

Herbs, perennial , scapose , rhizomatous . Leaves in dense basal rosettes, clasping erect branches; blade narrowly linear to lanceolate, oblanceolate , linear-elliptic, or elliptic , flat, leathery, distal margins fused to form subulate tips . Scape 2-10 dm. Inflorescences racemose. Flowers each subtended by 2 subulate, unequal bracts, short-pedicellate; perianth white, yellow, or golden orange, cylindrical, campanulate , or obovoid , abaxial surfaces rough; tepals 6, connate basally; stamens 6, included ; filaments adnate to perianth; anthers oblong-lanceolate, longer than filaments; ovary half inferior with proximal portions of perianth adnate at maturity; style 3-branched at apex. Fruits capsular , 3-locular, beaked . Seeds amber, deeply sulcate , ellipsoid to ovoid , 0.5-0.8 mm, lustrous .

Species ca. 25: North America, West Indies (Bahamas), eastern Asia.

Some species of Aletris (e.g. , A. lutea and A. obovata) are quickly eliminated unless habitats are occasionally burned or otherwise kept clear of undergrowth.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Everglades , pinelands; 0 m [2].

Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 0 meters (1 feet).[3]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aletris

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 62 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. alba · A. alpestris · A. arabica · A. arborea · A. aurea (Golden Colic-Root) · A. biondiana · A. brachyphylla · A. bracteata (Bracted Colicroot) · A. capensis · A. capitata · A. chinensis · A. cinerascens · A. cochinchinensis · A. delavayi · A. dielsii · A. farinosa (White-Tubed Colicroot) · A. fauriei · A. foliata · A. foliolosa · A. foliosa · A. formosana · A. fragrans · A. glabra · A. glandulifera · A. gracilipes · A. gracilis · A. guineensis · A. hyacinthoides · A. japonica · A. khasiana · A. lactiflora · A. lanuginosa · A. laxiflora · A. longibracteata · A. lucida · A. lutea (Yellow Colic-Root) · A. luteo-viridis · A. luteoviridis · A. mairei · A. makiyataroi · A. megalantha · A. nana · A. nepalensis · A. obovata (Southern Colicroot) · A. pauciflora · A. pauciflora var. khasiana · A. pedicellata · A. pumila · A. punicea · A. rigida · A. sarmentosa · A. scopulorum · A. sikkimensis · A. spicata · A. stelliflora · A. stenoloba · A. tavelii · A. tottenii (Totten's Colicroot) · A. uvaria · A. × tottenii (Totten's Colicroot) · A. yaanica · A. tottenii (Totten's Colicroot)

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Further Reading

• A naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12 1861 - June 25, 1891; a memorial volume, ed., with a biographical introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn. New York, The Columbia university press[c1910] ENG url p. 125, p. 144, p. 145, p. 207, p. 211, p. 279.
• Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 235.
• The Bahama flora, by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Charles Frederick Millspaugh. New York, The authors, 1920. ENG url p. 70, p. 70.
• Sullivan, V. I. 1973. Biosystematics of Aletris lutea Small, Aletris obovata Nash and natural hybrids. Brittonia 25: 294-303.

Notes

Contributors

• "Aletris bracteata". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 65. Published by Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 15, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 15, 2007:

• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2665750
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-500954
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13758248
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:8311-2
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 500954
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 8311-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PMLIL01020
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ALBR6
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 20361

Footnotes

1. Victoria I. Sullivan "Aletris". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 51, 55, 56, 57, 64, 65, 67. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. "Aletris bracteata". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 65. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
3. Standard Deviation = 2.310 based on 3 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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