Odontonema cuspidatum

Family:ACANTHACEAE
Species:Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze
Common Name:Firespike
Habitat:Margins of coastal dry woodlands.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:First collected in Alabama from Mobile County in 2018 (Barger et al 2019.)
Status:Not Native
References:Barger, T.W., A. Cressler, B. Finzel, A. Highland, W.M. Knapp, F. Nation, A.R. Schotz, D.D. Spaulding, and C.T. Taylor. New and noteworthy vascular plants records for Alabama. Phytoneuron 2019-16: 1-7.
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyACANTHACEAE - Acanthus family
Genus Odontonema
Species Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze - Firespike

Citation

Citation Odontonema cuspidatum (Nees) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 494. 1891.
Basionym: Thyrsacanthus cuspidatus Nees 1847.
Type: MEXICO: Oaxaca: Sierra San Pedro Nolasco, Talea, s.d., Jürgensen 895 (lectotype: K; isolectotype: BM). Lectotypified by T. F. Daniel, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 20: 160. 1995.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Thyrsacanthus cuspidatus Thyrsacanthus cuspidatus Nees von Esenbeck, in de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 323. 1847. MEXICO: Oaxaca: Sierra San Pedro Nolasco, Talea, s.d., Jürgensen 895 (lectotype: K; isolectotype: BM). Lectotypified by T. F. Daniel, Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 20: 160. 1995.

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: Mobile

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
ALNHS00006103 Mobile 18 Sep 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4203
ALNHS
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