TheaceaeSubfamily Larinae
Tribe Gordonieae
Subfamily Theeae
W/C = Wild Collected |
Franklinia alatamaha Marshall
- Common Name: Franklin Tree
- Family: Theaceae D. Don
- Country of Origin: Marshall County, Georgia, USA
- Habitat: acidic bogs at the heads of sand-hill branches along Alatamaha River
- Description: Multi-stemmed deciduous shrub or small tree with large white flowers; discovered in Georgia, USA in the 1700's and brought into cultivation at that time, it has not been seen in the wild since 1803 and is apparently extinct in the wild.
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Accession Data:- Accession # 200900029
- Source: Seed from North Carolina Arboretum
- Accession Date: 03-24-2009
- Bench: 2308 - Nearctic
- Qty: 4 confirmed on 11-28-2011
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: asterids
- Order: Ericales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Theaceae
- SubFamily: Larinae
- Tribe: Gordonieae
- SubTribe:
References:
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Franklinia alatamaha. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. . Downloaded on 27 March 2009.
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