PLANTS Profile for Spermolepis echinata (bristly scaleseed)

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PLANTS Profile

Spermolepis echinata (Nutt. ex DC.) A. Heller
bristly scaleseed

Symbol:

SPEC2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Apiaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Spermolepis echinata (Nutt. ex DC.) A. Heller

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 652. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Spermolepis echinata (Nutt. ex DC.) A. Heller

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Synonyms:
Spermolepis echinata (Nutt. ex DC.) A. Heller

APEC

Apium echinatum (Nutt. ex DC.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex S. Watson

Distribution:
Spermolepis echinata (Nutt. ex DC.) A. Heller


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Related Taxa:
Spermolepis echinata (Nutt. ex DC.) A. Heller

View 91 genera in Apiaceae, 4 species in Spermolepis

Classification:
Spermolepis echinata (Nutt. ex DC.) A. Heller

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Apiales
Family	Apiaceae – Carrot family
Genus	Spermolepis Raf. – scaleseed
Species	Spermolepis echinata (Nutt. ex DC.) A. Heller – bristly scaleseed

More Accounts and Images:
Spermolepis echinata (Nutt. ex DC.) A. Heller

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29868.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 04:50 AM CDT