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Schoepfiaceae

W/C = Wild Collected		 Schoepfia chrysophylloides (A.Rich.)Planch.

  • Common Name: Gulf Graytwig, Whitewood
  • Family: Schoepfiaceae

  • Country of Origin: Florida
  • Habitat: dry forest over limestone

  • Description: Small to medium size evergreen.

    Small orange flowers in terminal inflorescences, fruits baccate.

  • Culture: Parasitic, forms root haustoria. Appears to grow in cultivation without a host, but perhaps would do better with a host of some sort?
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200202488
  • Source: Marcia Kirinus - Duke
  • Provenance: Duke# 02-085

    Seed collected by Jay Horn, Key Largo, Florida

  • Accession Date: 11-18-2002
  • Bench: 1301 - NEO:Caribbean A
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-03-2012
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Santalales
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  • Family: Schoepfiaceae
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