Ammannia latifolia

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Family:	LYTHRACEAE
Species:	Ammannia latifolia L.
Common Name:	PINK REDSTEM; TOOTHCUPS
Status:	Native, OBL (DEP), OBL (NWPL)
Specimen:	View details of USF Herbarium specimens

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

Division
Class
Sub Class
Order	MYRTALES
Family	LYTHRACEAE
Genus	Ammannia
Species	Ammannia latifolia L. - PINK REDSTEM; TOOTHCUPS

Citation

Citation	AMMANNIA LATIFOLIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 119. 1753.
Basionym:	**
Type:	Without data (lectotype: LINN 156.1). Lectotypified by S. A. Graham, J. Arnold Arbor. 66: 411. 1985.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Source

County	Herbaria	Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Bay	FLAS
Brevard	USF
Broward	USF
Charlotte	USF
Clay	FLAS
Collier	USF
DeSoto	USF
Dixie	FSU
Escambia	USF
Flagler	USF
Franklin	FSU
Glades	FTG
Hardee	USF
Hendry	USF
Hillsborough	USF
Indian River	FSU
Lee	USF
Manatee	FLAS
Marion	FLAS
Martin	USF
Miami-Dade	USF
Monroe Keys	USF
Monroe Mainland	USF
Okeechobee	USF
Osceola	PIHG
Palm Beach	USF
Pasco	USF
Pinellas	USF
Sarasota	USF
Seminole	FLAS
Sumter	USF
Taylor	USF
Volusia	USF
Wakulla	FSU

Synonyms

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Synonym	Full Citation	Basionym	Type
Ammannia koehnei	Ammannia koehnei Britton, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 271. 1891.		TYPE: NEW JERSEY: Bergen Co.: Hackensack Flats, 28 Jul 1898, Leggett s.n. (holotype: NY; isotype: NY).
Ammannia koehnei var. exauriculata	Ammannia koehnei Britton, var. exauriculata Fernald, Rhodora 38: 437, t. 449(4-5). 1936.		TYPE: VIRGINIA: Princess Anne Co.: Swales along North Landing River near Creeds, 9 Sep 1935, Fernald et al. 4954 (holotype: GH; isotypes: MO, NY, PH, US).
Ammannia lythrifolia	Ammannia lythrifolia Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 65. 1796, nom. illegit.	BASIONYM: Ammannia latifolia Linnaeus 1753.
Ammannia teres var. exauriculata	Ammannia teres Rafinesque, var. exauriculata (Fernald) Fernald, Rhodora 46: 50. 1944.	BASIONYM: Ammannia koehnei Britton, var. exauriculata Fernald 1936.
Ammannia friesii	Ammannia friesii Koehne, in Engler, Pflanzenr. 4(Heft 17): 50. 1903.		TYPE: ARGENTINA: Jujuy: Quinta, near Laguna de la Brea, s.d., Fries 94 (holotype: B(destroyed); isotype: S).
Ammannia hastata	Ammannia hastata de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 78. 1828, nom. illegit.	BASIONYM: Ludwigia hastata Sprengel 1825, nom. illegit.; Isnardia subhastata Ruiz López & Pavón 1798.
Ammannia lingulata	Ammannia lingulata Grisebach, Cat. Pl. Cub. 106. 1866.		TYPE: CUBA: Without data, Wrigth s.n. (holotype: GH).
Ammannia sagittata	Ammannia sagittata (Poiret) de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 80. 1828.	BASIONYM: Jussiaea sagittata Poiret 1813.
Isnardia subhastata	Isnardia subhastata Ruiz López & Pavón, Fl. Peruv. 1: 66, t. 86(b). 1798.
Jussiaea sagittata	Jussiaea sagittata Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 3: 198. 1813.		TYPE: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Cult. in Paris,
Ludwigia hastata	Ludwigia hastata Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 446. 1825, nom. illegit.	BASIONYM: Isnardia subhastata Ruiz López & Pavón 1798.

Specimens

Country	State	County	Date	Specimen
USA	Florida	Miami-Dade Co.	14 Oct 1986	A. Herndon 1666
USA	Florida	Collier Co.	07 Mar 1965	O. K. Lakela 28214
USA	Florida	Collier Co.	30 Nov 1978	T. Alexander s.n.
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	23 Jun 1976	R. F. Thorne 48508
USA	Florida	Brevard Co.	13 Jun 1973	A.G. Shuey M1030
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	21 Jul 1973	L. Fowler 96
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	31 Dec 1976	P. Genelle 2574
USA	Florida	Collier Co.	17 Nov 1973	R. P. Wunderlin 5224
USA	Florida	Broward Co.	19 Oct 1985	B. F. Hansen 10542
USA	Florida	Taylor Co.	16 Aug 1957	R. K. Godfrey 55903
USA	Florida	Collier Co.	10 Oct 1962	G. R. Cooley 9107
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	10 Sep 1963	R. F. Thorne 26289
USA	Florida	Miami-Dade Co.	14 Oct 1986	A. Herndon 1666
USA	Florida	Taylor Co.	05 Aug 1972	R. K. Godfrey 71642
USA	Florida	Lee Co.	12 Oct 1992	D. Willis CC1012
USA	Florida	Collier Co.	03 Nov 1968	O. K. Lakela 31724
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	07 Dec 2003	S. Braem HI0075
USA	Florida	DeSoto Co.	29 Sep 2008	A. R. Franck 999
USA	Florida	Volusia Co.	30 Dec 2005	J. M. Kunzer 1250
USA	Florida	Monroe Co.	18 May 2007	S. W. Woodmansee 1995
USA	Florida	DeSoto Co.	06 Apr 2009	A. R. Franck 1202
USA	Florida	Lee Co.	09 Dec 1999	S. Braem GI0136
USA	Florida	Charlotte Co.	07 Nov 2010	A. R. Franck 2464
USA	Florida	Brevard Co.	09 Nov 2010	P. A. Schmalzer 10-26
USA	Florida	Hillsborough Co.	28 Nov 1960	O. K. Lakela 23629
USA	Florida	Brevard Co.	29 Mar 1973	J. E. Poppleton s.n.
USA	Florida	Collier Co.	30 Mar 1980	R. P. Sauleda 3420
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	17 Jun 1980	G. Fleming 3372
USA	Florida	Hendry Co.	09 Oct 2010	A. R. Franck 2353
USA	Florida	Brevard Co.	15 Feb 1975	J. E. Poppleton s.n.
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	28 Dec 2001	C. vanHoek CI0148
USA	Florida	Flagler Co.	17 Dec 2004	J. M. Kunzer 875
USA	Florida	Collier Co.	27 Jan 2002	R. A. Hattaway CS0495
USA	Florida	Brevard Co.	01 Sep 2004	T. MacClendon 298
USA	Florida	Monroe Co.	01 Mar 1952	G. R. Cooley 1104
USA	Florida	Pasco Co.	26 Aug 2002	C. vanHoek WB133
USA	Florida	Okeechobee Co.	29 Oct 1998	E. L. Bridges 25410
USA	Florida	Escambia Co.	08 Aug 1990	J. R. Burkhalter 12232
USA	Florida	Lee Co.	05 Apr 1999	S.W. Braem GI083
USA	Florida	Pasco Co.	14 Jul 1958	R. Kral 7307
USA	Florida	Sarasota Co.	29 Jul 1958	R. Kral 7483
USA	Florida	Brevard Co.	31 Dec 1964	O. K. Lakela 28031
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	04 Jun 1993	B. F. Hansen 12237
USA	Florida	Volusia Co.	10 Oct 2002	C. Slaughter 13580
USA	Florida	Monroe Co.	13 Feb 1967	O. K. Lakela 30672
USA	Florida	Broward Co.	19 Apr 1966	O. K. Lakela 29641
USA	Florida	Martin Co.	23 Jul 2002	S. W. Woodmansee 745
USA	Florida	Charlotte Co.	06 Nov 1981	A.G. Shuey 2522
USA	Florida	Volusia Co.	24 May 1981	D. S. Correll 51832
USA	Florida	Charlotte Co.	29 Oct 1978	R. P. Wunderlin 6321
USA	Florida	Miami-Dade Co.	27 Dec 1979	R. P. Sauleda 3249
USA	Florida	Hardee Co.	11 Dec 1978	A. Fulton 377
USA	Florida	Lee Co.	28 Dec 1953	G. R. Cooley 2468
USA	Florida	Sumter Co.	29 Apr 1991	S. L. Orzell 16436
USA	Florida	Pinellas Co.	13 Dec 1973	L. Fowler 247
USA	Florida	Collier Co.	25 Sep 1964	O. K. Lakela 27414
USA	Florida	Hillsborough Co.	29 Oct 1962	O. K. Lakela 25503
USA	Florida	Hardee Co.	24 Jan 2015	P. J. Simoes 92
Cayman Islands	Grand Cayman Island		24 Aug 1971	N. Chevalier 184
Dominican Republic	La Altagracia Prov.		07 May 1980	M. Mejía 6223
USA	Mississippi	Sharkey Co.	11 Jul 1955	J. D. Ray, Jr. 4868
USA	Louisiana	Ouachita Par.	05 Aug 1968	R. D. Thomas 11166
USA	North Carolina	Tyrrell Co.	06 Aug 1958	A. E. Radford 39301
Ecuador	Manabi Prov.		07 Aug 1980	L. J. Davenport 2104
Peru	La Libertad	Trujillo Mun.	24 Aug 1973	A. Lopez M. 7988
USA	Florida	Hillsborough Co.	31 Aug 2011	S. Dickman 435

Listed Status: Florida

Listed Status:	(Florida):Source - Plants in the Preservation of Native Flora of Florida Act. Chapter 5B-40, Florida Administrative Code. 1998, amended.
Endangered:	A species of plants native to the state that are in imminent danger of extinction within the state, the survival of which is unlikely if the causes of a decline in the number of plants continue, and includes all species determined to be endangered or threatened pursuant to the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
Threatened:	Listed as Threatened Plants in the Preservation of Native Flora of Florida Act. Defined as species of plants native to the state that are in rapid decline in the number of plants within the state, but which have not so decreased in such number as to cause them to be endangered.

Listed Status: US

Listed Status: US	(U.S.) Source - List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
Endangered:	Any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Threatened:	Any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

WAP: Wetland AssessmentProcedure

Wetland Assessment Procedure (WAP): Source - Southwest Florida Water Management District, Wetland Assessment Procedure Instruction Manual for Isolated Wetlands (March 2005).

AD:	Adaptive Species. Plant species designated as FAC or Upland by DEP, but commonly seen in the transition zone in limited numbers.
D:	Deep Species. Plant species commonly found in the deep zone, and designated either FAC or OBL by DEP.
OD:	Outer Deep Species. Plant species commonly found in the outer deep zone, and designated either FACW or OBL by DEP.
T:	Transition Species. Plant species commonly found in the transition zone, and designated either FACW or OBL by DEP.
U:	Upland Species. Plant species that are not expected to be seen in wetlands.

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FISC: Florida Invasive Species Council

FISC:

Source - Florida Invasive Species Council's 2017 List of Florida's Most Invasive Species

Category I - Species that are invading and disrupting native plant communities in Florida. This definition does not rely on the economic severity or geographic range of the problem, but on the documented ecological damage caused.

Category II - Species that have shown a potential to disrupt native plant communities. These species may become ranked as Category I, but have not yet demonstrated disruption of natural Florida communities.

DEP: Department of Environmental Protection

Wetland Status, Department of Environmental Regulation (DEP): Source - Delineation of the Landward Extent of Wetlands and Surface Waters, Chapter 62-340, Florida Administrative Code. 1994.

OBL:	Obligate wetland. Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands.
FACW:	Facultative Wetland. Usually occurs in wetlands, but occasionally found in non-wetlands
FAC:	Facultative. equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands.

NWPL: National Wetland Plant List

National Wetland Plant List (NWPL): Source - Lichvar, R.W., M. Butterwick, N.C. Melvin, and W.N. Kirchner. 2014. The National Wetland Plant List: 2014 Update of Wetland Ratings. Phytoneuron 2014-41: 1-42.

OBL:	Obligate Wetland. Occurs almost always (estimated probability 99%) under natural conditions in wetlands.
FACW:	Facultative Wetland. Usually occurs in wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in non-wetlands.
FAC:	Facultative. Equally likely to occur in wetlands or non-wetlands (estimated probability 34%-66%).
FACU:	Facultative Upland. Usually occurs in non-wetlands (estimated probability 67%-99%), but occasionally found in wetlands (estimated probability 1%-33%).
UPL:	Obligate Upland. Occurs in wetlands in another region, but occurs almost always (estimated probability 99%) under natural conditions in non-wetlands in the regions specified.

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Perennial:	These plants live for three or more seasons. Many perennials may not be mature enough to bloom during its first year. Perennial wildflowers re-grow each season from overwinter root material.

Category

Vascular:	Any of various plants that have the vascular tissues xylem and phloem. The vascular plants include all seed-bearing plants (the gymnosperms and angiosperms) and the pteridophytes (including the ferns, lycophytes, and horsetails). Also called tracheophyte.
Bryophyte:	A large group of seedless green plants including the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. Bryophytes lack the specialized tissues xylem and phloem that circulate water and dissolved nutrients in the vascular plants. Bryophytes generally live on land but are mostly found in moist environments, for they have free-swimming sperm that require water for transport. In contrast to the vascular plants, the gametophyte (haploid) generation of bryophytes constitutes the larger plant form, while the small sporophyte (diploid) generation grows on or within the gametophyte and depends upon it for nutrition.
Lichen:	The mutualistic symbiotic association of a fungus with an alga or a cyanobacterium, or both. The fungal component of a lichen absorbs water and nutrients from the surroundings and provides a suitable environment for the alga or cyanobacterium. These live protected among the dense fungal hyphae and produce carbohydrates for the fungus by photosynthesis. Owing to this partnership, lichens can thrive in harsh environments such as mountaintops and polar regions. The more familiar lichens grow slowly as crusty patches, but lichens are found in a variety of forms, such as the tall, plantlike reindeer moss. The association between the different organisms in a lichen is so close that lichens are routinely referred to as a single organism, and scientists classify lichens using the name of the fungal component.

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State Rank

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S1 - Typically 5 or fewer occurrences, very few remaining individuals, acres, or miles of stream, or some factor of its biology making it especially vulnerable in the state.
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.
S4 - Apparently secure in the state.
S5 - Demonstrably secure in the state.
SE - State exotic or non-native.
SH - Historically known from the state, but not seen in the past 15 years.
SNA - Species for which a rank is not applicable. This is mainly those species which are now excluded from flora for various reasons.
SNR - Not yet ranked.
SX - Apparently extirpated from the state.

Global Rank

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G1 - Critically imperiled globally because of extreme rarity (5 or fewer occurrences), or very few remaining acres, or miles of stream) or especially vulnerable to extinction because of some factor of its biology.
G2 - 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.
G3 - 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.
G4 - 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.
G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
GH - Historically known, with the expectation that it might be rediscovered.
GNA - Species for which a rank is not applicable. NatureServe does not typically rank hybrid species.
GNR - Not yet ranked.
GX - Species believed to be extinct.

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