Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Harperella nodosa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
The leaves are essentially filiform "tubes", about 1-2 inches long, and only a few of them are present, such that the stem appears almost free of leaves. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Harperella should be (re-)separated from Ptilimnium. (Feist & Downie 2008; Feist et al. 2012), as it is sister to a clade comprised of Tiedemannia (formerly the quill-leaved taxa of Oxypolis) and Ptilimnium sensu stricto (with compound leaves). Read more in Weakley's Flora (2023).
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ptilimnium nodosum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Harperella nodosa
INCLUDING Flora of North America
Harperella nodosa
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Harperella fluviatilis
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Harperella vivipara
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ptilimnium nodosum
INCLUDING Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Ptilimnium fluviatile
INCLUDING Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Ptilimnium nodosum
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-30-001 & 002:
Ptilimnium fluviatile FAMILY Apiaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Ptilimnium nodosum
INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Ptilimnium viviparum
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Harperella fluviatilis
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Harperella nodosa
COMMON NAME:
Harperella, piedmont mock bishopweed
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Harperella nodosa
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ptilimnium nodosum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Harperella nodosa
INCLUDING
Flora of North America
Harperella nodosa
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Harperella fluviatilis
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Harperella vivipara
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Ptilimnium nodosum
INCLUDING
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Ptilimnium fluviatile
INCLUDING
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Ptilimnium nodosum
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-30-001 & 002:
Ptilimnium fluviatile
FAMILY
Apiaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Ptilimnium nodosum
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Ptilimnium viviparum
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Harperella fluviatilis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Harperella nodosa
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