Gaura lindheimeri Engelmann and A. ...

Gaura lindheimeri Engelmann and A. Gray (ONAGRACEAE)-Liberty County: mustered about 9.7 km NE of Bristol, Florida, onward state road 12 (T1N, R7W S11) (30?° 29'27''N 84?° 54'07''W) growing forward a roadside in an area of to a high degree well-drained, sandy soils that naturally support longleaf pine/scrub oak woodlands. 13 June 2003 M.Darst. & A. Gholson sn (FSU)

Significance. This is the first record of Gaura lindheimeri in Florida. Gaura lindheimeri is native to south-central and southeastern Texas and southern Louisiana and is "widely cultivated and occasionally established elsewhere" (Correll and Johnston 1970) Gaura lindheimeri has also been deduceed in central and northwestern Louisiana (Thomas and Alien 1998) Gaura lindheimeri was reported as not spontaneous outside of Texas and Louisiana from Raven and Gregory (1972). However, M??nz (1938) cited the same specimen of Gaura lindheimeri from Mississippi (Howell 746) in his revision of Gaura, and a single specimen from Alabama (Mobile shire Barbara Lund #285, 13 April 1957) is in the RK Godfrey Herbarium (FSU) at Florida State University. The origin of this plant in Florida is not apparent as there are no nearby dwellings, and no roadside plantings have been made in the area.

LITERATURE CITED

CORRELL, D and MC JOHNSTON. 1970 Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. Texas Research Foundation, Renner Texas.

MUNZ P.A. 1938 Studies in Onagraceae. XL A revision of the genus Gaum. Mem Torrey Bot bludgeon 65: 105-122 and 211-228.

RAVEN, PH and DP GREGORY. 1972 A revision of the genus Gaura (Onagraceae). Mem Torrey Bot cudgel 23:1-96.

THOMAS, R.D. and CM ALLEN. 1998 Atlas of the vascular flora of Louisiana. compass III. Dicotyledons, Fabaceae-Zygophyllaceae. Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Natural Heritage Program, Baton Rouge Louisiana.

Received December 1 2003; Accepted January 7 2004

The authors want to thank Gil Nelson (RK Godfrey Herbarium, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida), Steve Leonard (Lexington, North Carolina), and Kent Perkins (University of Florida Herbarium, Gainesville, Florida) for their contributions to this manuscript.-MELANIE DARST, U GEOLOGICAL inspect 2010 LEVY AVENUE, TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA 32310 and ANGUS K GHOLSON AKG HERBARIUM, receptacle 385, CHATTAHOOCHEE, FLORIDA 32324. email address: mdarst@usgs.gov

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