Senega balduini / Species Page / Plant Atlas

Characteristics

Classification

Dicots

Family

POLYGALACEAE

Genus

Senega

Species

Senega balduini (Nutt.)J.F.B.Pastore & J.R.Abbott

Common Name

BALDWIN'S MILKWORT

Growth Habit

Plant Notes

Smith & Ward (1976) recognized the southern populations as var. carteri, noting "many individuals are not clearly assignable" and "intermediate in morphology" and that "individuals with partial manifestation of the characteristics of the more extreme South Florida populations may be found, particularly in coastal areas (Brevard County), appreciably further north". The range of var. carteri included Collier, Miami-Dade, and Monroe Counties (and Cuba), while var. balduinii included Collier and Miami-Dade Counties northward.

Status

Native OBL (NWPL) FACW (DEP)

Specimen(s)

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Classification

Order

FABALES

Family

POLYGALACEAE

Genus

Senega

Species

Senega balduini (Nutt.)J.F.B.Pastore & J.R.Abbott - BALDWIN'S MILKWORT

Citation

SENEGA BALDUINI (Nuttall) J. F. B. Pastore & J. R. Abbott, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 108: 162. 2023. Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 90. 1818.

Basionym

Polygala balduini Nuttall 1818.

Type

FLORIDA: Nassau Co.: Near St. Marys, s.d., Baldwin s.n. (lectotype: PH 1049950, leftmost specimen). Lectotypified by Freire-Fierro & Landale, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5: 114. 2011.

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