PLANTS Profile for Triosteum aurantiacum (orangefruit horse-gentian)

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PLANTS Profile

Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell
orangefruit horse-gentian

Symbol:

TRAU4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Caprifoliaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

Photo of Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell

©William S. Justice. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell

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Distribution:
Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NB, NS, ON, QC)

Related Taxa:
Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell

View 11 genera in Caprifoliaceae, 3 species in Triosteum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell var. aurantiacum. .

Triosteum aurantiacum var. aurantiacum
orangefruit horse-gentian

Distribution of Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell var. glaucescens Wiegand. .

Triosteum aurantiacum var. glaucescens
orangefruit horse-gentian

Distribution of Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell var. illinoense (Wiegand) Palmer & Steyerm.. .

Triosteum aurantiacum var. illinoense
Illinois horse-gentian

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Dipsacales
Family	Caprifoliaceae – Honeysuckle family
Genus	Triosteum L. – horse-gentian
Species	Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell – orangefruit horse-gentian

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell

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.

Maine:
wild coffee		Endangered
New Hampshire:
orange horse-gentian		Endangered
Rhode Island:
wild coffee		Special Concern

More Accounts and Images:
Triosteum aurantiacum E.P. Bicknell

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505596.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 07:49 PM CDT