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Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt.
Allegheny brookfoam

       
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Line Drawing of Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt.
Therofon aconitifolium

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: 223. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Synonyms:
Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt.

  BOTU Boykinia turbinata (Rydb.) Fedde
  THAC2 Therofon aconitifolium (Nutt.) Millsp.
  THTU2 Therofon turbinatum Rydb.
 

Distribution:
Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt.

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USA (AL, GA, KY, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt.

View 25 genera in Saxifragaceae, 6 species in Boykinia
 

Classification:
Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt.

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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 Rosales
Family Saxifragaceae – Saxifrage family
Genus Boykinia Nutt. – brookfoam
Species Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt. – Allegheny brookfoam
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
brook saxifrage              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FACW FACW FACW NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Boykinia aconitifolia Nutt.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24314.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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