Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Piperales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hexastylis minor
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis minor
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hexastylis minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Asarum chueyi (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee and Virginia, USA (Sinn, 2015)
Asarum minus
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hexastylis minor
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Hexastylis minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH A review of the taxonomy and biogeography of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) (Gaddy, 1987)
Hexastylis minor
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-005:
Hexastylis minor FAMILY Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis virginica
COMMON NAME:
Little Heartleaf, Small Heartleaf Ginger
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David Campbell mdc_3388
April Union County NC
Leaves rounded, all portions of the sides convex, strongly variegated, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
David Campbell mdc_3395_1
April Union County NC
Floral orifice only slightly constricted; sepal lobes much broader than long, spreading, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hexastylis minor
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hexastylis minor
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Hexastylis minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Asarum chueyi (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee and Virginia, USA (Sinn, 2015)
Asarum minus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Hexastylis minor
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Hexastylis minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A review of the taxonomy and biogeography of Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) (Gaddy, 1987)
Hexastylis minor
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 062-03-005:
Hexastylis minor
FAMILY
Aristolochiaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hexastylis virginica
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