Shortia galacifolia

Oconee bells

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Diapensiaceae
Genus: Shortia
Species:
S. galacifolia
Binomial name
Shortia galacifolia
Varieties
  • Shortia galacifolia var. brevistyla Davies
  • Shortia galacifolia var. galacifolia Torr. & A.Gray
Synonyms[2]
  • Sherwoodia galacifolia (Torr. & A.Gray) House

Shortia galacifolia, the Oconee bells or acony bell, is a rare North American plant in the family Diapensiaceae found in the southern Appalachian Mountains, concentrated in the tri-state border region of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.[3][4] Additional populations (some of them naturalized) have been found in Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, and Massachusetts.[5] Shortia galacifolia has also been reported in Japan, as have three other species of Shortia.[4][6]

  1. ^ NatureServe (10 November 2020). "Shortia galacifolia". NatureServe. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. ^ Tropicos, Shortia galacifolia Torr. & A.Gray
  3. ^ "Shortia galacifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
  4. ^ a b Vivian, V. E. (1967). "Shortia galacifolia: Its Life History and Microclimatic Requirements". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 94 (5): 369–387. doi:10.2307/2483507. JSTOR 2483507.
  5. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference jenkins1942 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).