Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides

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Family:PHYLLANTHACEAE
Species:Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides (Nutt.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm.
Common Name:Maidenbush
Habitat:**
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Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
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Plant Notes:Maidenbush is a native deciduous shrub in the Leaf Flower family (Phyllanthaceae). It is known from only two counties in Alabama. Maidenbush occurs on limestone or dolomite outcrops and on gravel bars along streams and rivers. Plants grow to a height of 3-5 feet. The young stems are green and older stems are reddish-brown. The stems are glabrous or with a few hairs, and have vertical ridges. Leaves are alternate, sessile or with very short petioles, elliptic to orbicular in outline, with entire margins. The upper leaf surface is dark green and glabrous or with a few hairs along the veins. The lower leaf surface is lighter green in color and glabrous or pubescent. Plants are monoecious (either producing male or female flowers). Staminate flowers are solitary or in fascicles of 2-4 from the axils of the leaves. Pistillate flowers are solitary in the axils of the leaves. Staminate flowers are pedicellate and have 4-5 greenish-yellow sepals and 4-5 similar petals. Pistillate flowers have 5 green sepals. The fruit is a capsule. Maidenbush is listed as a S2/S3 species in Alabama (S2 - Typically 6 to 20 occurrences, few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or factors demonstrably making it very vulnerable in the state. S3 - Typically 21 to 100 occurrences, limited acreage, or miles of stream in the state), and globally as a G4 species (imperiled globally because of rarity (6 - 20 occurrences, or few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or very vulnerable to extinction throughout its range because of other factors). Maidenbush is sometimes available from native plant nurseries. It requires a basic soil and full sun. Plants are drought tolerant once established and are deer resistant.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, S2S3 (State Rank), G4 (Global Rank)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyPHYLLANTHACEAE - Leaf Flower family
Genus Phyllanthopsis
Species Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides (Nutt.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffm. - Maidenbush

Citation

Citation Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides (Nuttall) Vorontsova & Petra Hoffmmann, Kew Bull. 63(1): 47. 2008.
Basionym: Lepidanthus phyllanthoides Nutt. 1835.
Type: **

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Andrachne phyllanthoides    
Leptopus phyllanthoides    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bibb, Blount

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
AUA_ACC_34149 Bibb 24 Aug 1977 SESSLER, ANN H.
1852		 AUA
LEPTOPUS PHYLLANTHOIDES (NUTT.) G. L. WEBSTER
TROY000022196 Bibb 17 May 1980 Kral, Robert
65120		 TROY
Andrachne phyllanthoides (Nutt.) J.M. Coult.
UWAL0037535 Bibb 07 Oct 1989 Allison, James (Jim) R.
4245		 UWAL
Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides (Nuttall) Vorontsova & Petra Hoffman
UNA00057744 Bibb 28 May 1992 Allison, James R.
6657		 UNA
Leptopus phyllanthoides (Nutt.) G. L. Webster
ALNHS00008980 Bibb 14 Jun 1992 Oberholster, Chris
CO#412		 ALNHS
Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides (Nutt.) Voronts. & Petra Hoffman
TROY000018750 Bibb 07 May 1993 Diamond, Alvin R.
8609		 TROY
Andrachne phyllanthoides (Nutt.) J.M. Coult.
UWAL0030380 Bibb 23 May 1993 Kral, Robert
82503		 UWAL
Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides (Nutt.) Voronts & Petra Hoffman
AUA_ACC_56728 Bibb 26 May 1996 SCHOTZ, ALFRED
1383		 AUA
LEPTOPUS PHYLLANTHOIDES (NUTT.) G. L. WEBSTER
JSU141222 Bibb 15 Jun 1996 MacDonald, John R.
9607		 JSU
Phyllanthopsis phyllanthoides (Nuttall) Vorontsova & Petra Hoffman
JSU136763 Bibb 01 Sep 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9105		 JSU
Phyllanthopis phyllanthoides (Nuttall) Vorontsova & Petra Hoffman
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