Type Specimens of Hawthorns from Floyd County in Northwest Georgia, Southeastern United States

Hawthorns' Type Specimens from Floyd County, Georgia at the Herbariums of: AUBURN UNIVERSITY, (AUA), Auburn, AL HARVARD UNIVERSITY, (A,GH), Cambridge, MA, MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN, (MO), St. Louis, MO, UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, UNC (NCU), Chapel Hill, NC, NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN, (NY), New York, NY, and UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM, (US), Washington, DC

Crataegus aemula Beadle, Rome Hawthorn, Crataegus irancudaBeadle, Stolonbearing Hawthorn, Crataegus triflora Chapm., Three-Flower Hawthorn , Crataegus tristis Beadle, Minute Hawthorn, Crataegus sororia Beadle, Crataegus collina Chapman (apom. segregate of Crataegus punctata Jacq., Dotted Hawthorn), Crataegus georgiana Sargent (apom. segregate of Crataegus pruinosa (wendl.f.) K.Koch, Waxyfruit Hawthorn), Crataegus macra Beadle (apomictic segregate of Crataegus succulenta Schrad.ex. Link., Fleshy Hawthorn), Crataegus mohri Beadle (apom. segregate of Crataegus crus-galli L., Cockspur-Thorn), and Crataegus regalis Beadle (apomictic segregate of Crataegus crus-galli L., Cockspur-Thorn) were discovered in the flatwoods and on the sandy hills of Floyd County in the spring and fall of 1899. They were the discoveries of Chauncey D. Beadle and Charles L. Boynton, botanists from the Biltmore Herbarium in Asheville, North Carolina, and Charles S. Sargent, Director of the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University. Alvan W. Chapman, a botanist from Appalachicola, Florida had made the discovery of Crataegus triflora Chap., Three-Flower Hawthorn a few years before in Floyd County.

ACCEPTED SPECIES
SPECIMENS: LOCATION: DATE: COLLECTOR/SPEC. ID/TYPE STATUS: HERB. BARCODE :

Crataegus aemula Beadle, Rome Hawthorn, flower; fruit Horseleg Creek, Rome 17 April 1901; 30 August 1901. Biltmore Herbarium/ B4148/?Type; B4148/2/?Type NY 418650;
NY 418649

Crataegus aemula Beadle, Rome Hawthorn, fruit Rome, Floyd County 23 September 1902. Biltmore Herbarium/ B7149=4148/3/?Type NY 418648

Crataegus aemula Beadle, Rome Hawthorn Rome, Floyd County ex Herb.Biltmore/B4148/Syntype US 00097555

Crataegus aemula Beadle, Rome Hawthorn, flower Rome, Floyd County Biltmore Herbarium/B4148/Syntype; B4148/2/Syntype HUH/(A) A18155
HUH/ (A) 18156

Crataegus irancuda Beadle, Stolonbearing Hawthorn, flower Flat woods, Rome 23 April 1901. W. W. Eggleston/B4171/Type; B4171/2/Type NY 435912
NY 435911

Crataegus iracunda Beadle, Stolonbearing Hawthorn Rome, Floyd County 1902 ex Herb.Biltmore/ B4171/2/Syntype US 00097075

Crataegus iracunda Beadle, Stolonbearing Hawthorn, fruit Rome, Floyd County 20 September 1902. Biltmore Herbarium/B7139/?Type HUH/(A) 17990

Crataegus triflora Chapman, Three- flowered Hawthorn Floyd Co., Georgia A.W.Chapman/possible Isotype AUA 423

Crataegus triflora Chapm., Three-Flower Hawthorn Rome, Floyd County Chapman, Alvan W./847/?Type US 00479499

Crataegus triflora Chapm., Three-Flower Hawthorn, Banks of the Coosa River May 5, 1899. William M. Canby/n.s/Topotype NCU 576355

Crataegus triflora Chapm., Three-Flower Hawthorn Cliffs of the Coosa River May 6, 1899. unknown/9134C/Topotype NCU 576358

Crataegus triflora Chapm., Three-Flower Hawthorn Cliffs of the Coosa River unknown Thomas G. Harbison/ 46(?)/Topotype NCU 83596

Crataegus triflora Chapm., Three-Flower Hawthorn Black's Bluff of the Coosa River, edge of the dry stream bed October 1990 Ron Lance/n.s./Topotype NCU 558659

Crataegus tristis Beadle, Minute Hawthorn Rome, Floyd County April 1901; August 1901 ex Herb.Biltmore/B4149/Synotype; /4149/2/Synotype US 00097818;
US 00097819

Crataegus tristis Beadle, Minute Hawthorn Rome October 3, 1908. Willard W. Eggleston/4218/Topotype NCU 576357

SYNONYMS -- APOMICTIC SEGREGATES
SPECIMENS: LOCATION: DATE: COLLECTOR/SPEC. ID/TYPE STATUS: HERB. BARCODE :

Crataegus calpodendron (Ehrh.) Medik
(Syn. Crataegus tomentosa L. var microcarpa Chapman, Crataegus chapmanii (Beadle) Ashe, Chapman's Hawthorn) Banks of Silver Creek, Floyd County, Georgia A. W. Chapman AUA 422

Crataegus punctata Jacq., Dotted Hawthorn ( Syn.Crataegus collina Chapman) Rome, Floyd County 1882 A. W. Chapman/Lectotype HUH/ (A) 39575

Crataegus pruinosa (wendl.f.)K.Koch, Waxyfruit Hawthorn), flower, (Syn. Crataegus georgiana Sargent) Rome, Floyd County 6 May 1899. C. S. Sargent/Syntype HUH/(A) 17706

Crataegus pruinosa (wendl.f.)K.Koch, Waxyfruit Hawthorn), flower , (Syn. Crataegus georgiana Sargent ) Rome, Floyd County 22 April 1900.; 7 October 1900. C. S. Sargent/Syntype HUH/(A)17703/(A) 17704/(A) 17705

Crataegus pruinosa (Wendl.f.) K.Koch, Waxyfruit Hawthorn, (Syn. Crataegus georgiana Sarg.) Cliffs of the Coosa River October 10, 1908. Willard W. Eggleston/4238/Topotype; /4221/Topotype NCU 576343;
NCU 576341

Crataegus pruinosa (Wendl.f.) K.Koch, Waxyfruit Hawthorn, (Syn.Crataegus georgiana Sarg.) Horseleg Creek October 10, 1908. Willard W. Eggleston/4224/Topotype NCU 576348

Crataegus pruinosa (Wendl.f.) K.Koch, Waxyfruit Hawthorn, (Syn.Crataegus georgiana Sarg.) Rome September 22, 1910. Thomas G. Harbison/10144/Topotype NCU 77450

Crataegus succulenta Schrad.ex. Link., Fleshy Hawthorn, (Syn Crataegus macra Beadle) Rome, Floyd County 30 April 1900. Fall W. W. Eggleston/B2250;B2250/2/Type NY 435931

Crataegus succulenta Schrad.ex. Link., Fleshy Hawthorn, (Syn. Crataegus macra Beadle) Rome, Floyd County 30 April 1900. ex Herb.Biltmore/2250/2/Syntype; 2250/Syntype US 00097611
US 00097612
US 00097613
US 00097614

Crataegus crus-galli L., Cockspur-Thorn, (Syn. Crataegus mohri Beadle) Flat woods, Rome 04 May 1899. & 16 Sep. 1899. C.D.Beadle/236/Type MO 01815954

Crataegus crus-galli L., Cockspur-Thorn, (Syn. Crataegus mohrii Beadle) Flat woods, Rome 04 May 1899.; 16 Sep. 1899. C.D. Beadle/B236/?Type NY 435938

Crataegus crus-galli L., Cockspur-Thorn, flower (Syn. Crataegus mohrii Beadle) Rome, Floyd County 4 May 1899. ; 16 September 1899. ?/B236/Syntype; Biltmore Herbarium/B1215/Syntype HUH/ GH 23473/ GH 23472

Crataegus crus-galli L., Cockspur-Thorn, (Syn. Crataegus mohrii Beadle) Flat woods, Rome, Floyd County 04 May 1899. ; 16 September 1899. ex Herb.Biltmore/B236/Syntype; B1215/Syntype US 00097626
US 00097625

Crataegus crus-galli L., Cockspur-Thorn, fruit, (Syn Crataegus regalis Beadle) Flat woods, Rome 30 April 1900. ; 16 September 1899. C.D. Beadle/2251/?Type; /1212/Type NY 431396; 431394

Crataegus crus-galli L., Cockspur-Thorn, (Syn. Crataegus regalis Beadle) Rome, Floyd County 30 April 1900. ; 16 September 1899. ex Herb.Biltmore/B2251/Syntype; /B1212/Syntype US 00097772
US 00097771

Crataegus crus-galli L., Cockspur-Thorn, (Syn. Crataegus regalis Sarg.) West Rome, Flat woods October 10, 1908 Willard W. Eggleston/4245/Topotype NCU 566807

UNDETERMINATED
SPECIMENS: LOCATION: DATE: COLLECTOR/SPEC. ID/TYPE STATUS: HERB. BARCODE :

Crataegus sororia Beadle Hills above Silver Creek, Rome 18 September 1899. C.D. Beadle/B1257/Co-type MO 01827619

Crataegus sororia Beadle, fruit Rome, Floyd County 18 September 1897 C.D.Beadle/B1257/Type HUH/ (A) 16234

Crataegus sororia Beadle, fruit Rome, Floyd County 18 September 1899 Biltimore Herbarium HUH/(GH)23492/(A)16233

Last updated on January 15, 2008.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
This work was possible with the help of Carol A. McCormick, Assistant Curator for University of North Carolina Herbarium who provided me in 2004 with the NCU Herbarium's data for Floyd County, Georgia.

REFERENCES:
1. Auburn University Herbarium ( http://www.auburn.edu/herbarium/), Department of Biological Sciences Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
2. Harvard University Herbaria (http://www.huh.harvard.edu/ ). Cambridge, 22 Divinity Avenue, Massachusetts 02138, USA
3. University of North Carolina Herbarium: (http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/). University of North Carolina Herbarium, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
4. The New York Botanical Garden Vascular Plant Types Catalog: (http://www.nybg.org/bsci/hcol/vasc/ ). New York Botanical Garden, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458
5. Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST: (http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html). Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110
6. U.S. National Herbarium, Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History ( http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/)., Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 10th Street and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C.20560
7. USDA, NRCS. 2007. The PLANTS National Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

INTRODUCTION: PLANT COLLECTIONS FROM FLOYD COUNTY AT:
FLOYD COUNTY, GEORGIA TYPE SPECIMENS (1871-1902)
FLATWOODS: FLOYD COUNTY OTHER SPECIMENS (1872-1972)
FLATWOODS: BERRY COLLEGE CAMPUS WOODY SPECIMENS (1977)
PLANT EXPLORERS IN FLOYD COUNTY (1540-2006) LIST OF PLANTS (1872, 1881, & 1891)
A.W. CHAPMAN
HAWTHORNS: LIST (1872-2006)

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