TYPE SPECIMANS COLLECTED IN THE FLOYD COUNTY, NORTHWEST GEORGIA, SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

Crataegus tristis Beadle , Minute Hawthorn, at Etowah River Hill, South Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, April 9, 2009

HERBARIUMS OF: AUBURN UNIVERSITY, (AUA), Auburn, AL;
FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, (F), Chicago, IL;
HARVARD UNIVERSITY, (A, GH), Cambridge, MA;
MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN , (MO), St. Louis, MO,
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN, (NY), New York, NY; and
UNITED STATES NATIONAL HERBARIUM, (US), Washington, DC

Chauncey Delos Beadle (1866-1950), a botanist from Biltmore Herbarium, Asheville, North Carolina in 1906 photograph courtesy of Biltmore Estate Archive, Asheville, North Carolina. Beadle discovered seven new species of hawthorns and Philadelphus floridus Beadle in 1899 in the Floyd County, Georgia.

“Used with permission from The Biltmore Company, Asheville, North Carolina.” The Biltmore Company owns and retains all rights to the image.

A herbarium is an institution with deposited collections of dried specimens of plants, ferns, lichens, fungi, algae, and fossils.
Type specimens are references of new plant species, and are categorized. The most common are: a holotype which was designated by the author when the species was first named, an isotype which is a duplicate of the holotype, a syntype is one or more specimens designated by author when holotype was not cited, and a topotype which is a specimen later collected in an area where the first specimen of the species was collected and defined. Because many new species were discovered in Floyd County by Alvan W. Chapman and others, Floyd County will be always a source for the collection of the topotype specimens for those species.
When professional taxonomists with authority conclude that a type specimen (with some morphological differences) has an identity equal to a previously published type specimen they called it a "taxonomic synonym".

ACCEPTED NAMES
SPECIMENS: LOCATION: DATE: COLLECTOR/SPEC. ID/TYPE STATUS: HERB. BARCODE :
Aureolaria patula (Chapm.) Pennell, (Basin. Dasistoma patula Chapm.), Spreading Yellow Foxglove Rome, Floyd October 1872 A.W.Chapman/Type NY 68320
Aureolaria patula (Chapman) Pennell (Basin.Dasistoma patula Chapm.), Spreading Yellow False Foxglove Floyd County unknown (1872; 1882; 1891) A. W. Chapman/probably Type AUA 896
Aureolaria patula (Chapm.) Pennell, (Basin. Dasistoma patula Chapm.), Spreading Yellow Foxglove Valley of the Coosa River, Floyd County 1871 Chapman, Alvan W.
Cryphaea ravenelii Aust., Ravenel's Cryphaea Moss Rome, Floyd County July 1871 H.W. Ravenel/Holotype NY 303698
Ilex longipes Chapman ex Trel., Georgia Holly Bluff near Rome, Georgia A.W.Chapman/ Type AUA 525
Ilex longipes Chapman ex Trel., Georgia Holly Rome, Georgia A.W. Chapman/Type {01878617} MO type 785805 & MO type 2109568
Ilex longipes Chapman ex Trel., Georgia Holly Wooded slope of Horne Mt., Camp Sidney Dew, Rome 1960 George Andrew Dorsey/Topotype AUA 54721
Isoetes appalachiana D.F. Brunton & D.M. Britton, (Syn.Isoetes engelmannii var. georgiana Engelmann, G.), Appalachian Quillwort Rome, Floyd County August 1872 Chapman, Alvan W. (US)00067518
Philadelphus floridus Beadle, Florida Mock Orange Cliffs of Coosa River, Floyd Co., Georgia Sep. 22, 1902. Biltmore Herbarium/ 11376/ Type NY 186314
Scutellaria incana Biehler var. punctata (Chapman) C. Mohr (Syn. Scutellaria canescens Nutt. var. punctata Chapm. ), Dotted Skullcap Rome, Floyd County published in Flora 2nd edit. A.W.Chapman/?Type NY 415675
Scutellaria montana Chapm., Large-Flowered Skullcap Dry woods and margin fields, Floyd County, Georgia Undisclosed A.W.Chapman/?Type NY 415699
Scutellaria montana Chapm., Large-flowered Skullcap Floyd A. W. Chapman/Isotype AUA 4168
Solidago flaccidifolia Small, Mountain Goldenrod Rome, Floyd County September 1872 A.W.Chapman/Holotype NY 22375
Viburnum bracteatum Rehder, Limerock Arrow-Wood Floyd County unknown (1872; 1882; 1891) Alvan W. Chapman/probably Type AUA 5992
Viburnum bracteatum Rehder, Limerock Arrow-Wood "Cliffs of the Coosa River" Floyd Co., GA unknown (1872; 1882; 1891) Alvan W. Chapman/possible Type F (IRN) 333354
Viburnum bracteatum Rehder Cliffs of the Coosa River near Rome, Floyd County, Georgia May 6, 1899 Sargent/Synotype HUH 140745/(A)135390
Viburnum bracteatum Rehder, Limerock Arrow-Wood, flower Rome, Floyd County, Georgia A.W.Chapman/ Lectotype HUH 185275/(GH)31629
Viburnum bracteatum Rehder, Limerock Arrow-Wood Banks of Coosa River, Floyd Co., Georgia Oct. 01. 1898. W. M. Canby/58 with C. S. Sargent & John Muir/Topotype NY 30709

PUBLISHED SYNONYMS
SPECIMENS: LOCATION: DATE: COLLECTOR/SPEC. ID/TYPE STATUS: HERB. BARCODE :
Heuchera americana L. var. americana, American Alumroot, (Syn. Heuchera calycosa Small) Mts. of Georgia (possible Floyd County) A. W. Chapman NY 186000 / Holotype
Oligoneuron album (Nutt.) Nesom, Prairie Goldenrod (Syn. Aster ptarmicoides (Nees) Torrey & A. Gray var. georgianus A. Gray) Near Rome, Floyd Co, Georgia published in Flora 2nd edit. 1884 A. W. Chapman/Holotype (HUH 232348/(GH)3728
Philadelphus indorus L. Scentless Mock Orange, (Syn. Philadelphus indorus L. forma quadranguliflorus S.Y.Hu) Cliffs of the Coosa River, Floyd County 6 May 1899 C.S.Sargent/Holotype HUH/(A)61630
Rudbeckia fulgidaAit. var.umbrosa (C.L. Boynt. & Beadle) Cronq.), Orange Coneflower (Syn.Rudbeckia chapmani Boynton, C.L. & Beadle ) Rome, Floyd County Chapman, Alvan W./Type (US)00026865
Salvia azurea Michx. ex Lam. var. grandiflora Benth., Pitcher Sage, (Syn. Salvia azurea subsp. media Epling C.C.) Rome, Floyd County 1890 Chapman, Alvan W./Holotype (US)772061
Mimosa microphylla Dry., Littleleaf Sensitive-Briar, (Syn.Schrankia horridula var.angularis Chapm.) Near Rome, Floyd County Chapman, Alvan W./Type (US)96835
Scrophularia nodosa L., Woodland Figwort, (Syn. Scrophularia serrulata Small) Georgia (possible Floyd Co.) Chapman, Alvan W. NY 130641/ Holotype
Scutellaria ovata Hill ssp. ovata, Skullcap (Syn. Scutellaria versicolor Nutt. var. Chapman) Rome, Floyd Co., Georgia A.W. Chapman/?Type NY 415713
Spiranthes ovalis Lindl. var. ovalis, October lady's tresses , (Syn. Spiranthes cernua var. parviflora Chapm.) Rome, Floyd Co., Georgia Sept. 1891 A. W. Chapman/Type fide O. Ames, Rhod. 8. (1908): 15-16.
Tradescantia subaspera Ker-Gawl. var. montana (Shuttlw. ex Britt.) E.S. Anderson & Woods. (Syn.Tradescantia comata Small, Zigzag Spiderwort Mts. of Georgia (probably Floyd County) 1872, 1882, or 1890's. Alvin (Alvan) W. Chapman NY 247462

FIRST TIME COLLECTIONS OF SPECIMENS
SPECIMENS: LOCATION: COLLECTOR/SPEC. ID/TYPE STATUS: HERB. BARCODE :
Carex purpurifera Mack., Purple Sedge (Syn. Carex laxiflora Lam. var. nigripes Chapm.) Cliffs of the Coosa, at the "Bluff" near Rome, GA Alvin (Alvan) W. Chapman MO 02783545
Rudbeckia fulgida Ait. var. fulgida, (Syn. Rudbeckia truncata Small) Rome, Floyd County, Georgia A.W. Chapman/ J. K. Small NY 232864

Link: HAWTHORNS: TYPE SPECIMENS FROM FLOYD COUNTY, GEORGIA (1897-1910)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Jill Hawkins, Associate Archivist at the Biltmore Estate Archive, Asheville, NC donated scan of Chauncey Delos Beadle's photograph from 1906.

REFERENCES :
1. Harvard University Herbaria (http://www.huh.harvard.edu/ ), Cambridge, 22 Divinity Avenue, Massachusetts 02138, USA
2. 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
3. Auburn University Herbarium ( http://www.auburn.edu/herbarium/), Department of Biological Sciences Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
4. Field Museum of Natural History (http://emuweb.fieldmuseum.org/botany/detailed.php ), 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605
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. The Biltmore Company (www.biltmore.com/), Asheville, NC 28801
8. Austin, Coe F. "Bryological Notes." Botanical Gazette." 2.5 (1877) : 89-90.
9. Chapman, Alvan W. Flora of the southern United States: containing an abridged description of the flowering plants and ferns of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida: arranged according to the natural system 2nd ed. New York: American Book Company, 1884: 323, 626-627
10. Chapman, Alvan W. Flora of the southern United States: containing an abridged description of the flowering plants and ferns of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida: arranged according to the natural system 3rd ed. New York: American Book Company, 1897: 82, 641
11. Chapman, A.W. "An Enumeration of Some Plants-Chiefly From the Semi-Tropical Regions of Florida-Which are Either New, or Which Have Not Hitherto Been Recorded as Belonging to the Flora of the Southern States (Continued)." 3.2 (1878): 10-11
12. Beadle, Chauncey D. " Studies in Philadelphus." Biltmore Botanical Studies, A Journal of Botany, Embracing Papers by The Director and Associates of the Biltmore Herbarium 1. (1902b.) :160
13. Epling, Carl C. “The American Species of Scutellaria.” University Of California Publications In Botany Vol.20 (1942.): 80-81 Mohr, Charles T. Plant Life of Alabama Washington: U.S. Dep. of Agriculture, 1901: 846
14. Oakes, Ames "Spiranthes ovalis Lindl." Rhodora 8. (January, 1908.) : 15-16.
15. Pennell, Francis W. in Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 71 (1919): 271
16. Alfred Rehder in Sargent, Charles S. Trees and Shrubs, Illustrations of New and Little Known Ligneous Plant Vol.I Boston and New York: Houghton Millinand Comp. (1905), page 135.
17. Radford, Albert E. Fundamentals of Plant Systematics New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc. (1986): 70-73
18. Small, John K. "Studies in the Botany of the Southeastern Unted States-XIV." Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 25. 9 (1898) : 477-479.
19. Trelease, William. "Revision of North American Ilicineae and Celastraceae." The Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 5. (1886-91) : 346.
20. Fernald, Merritt L. Gray's Manual Of Botany. New York: 8ed. 1970.
21. USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS National Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Last updated on January 5, 2013.


Next page

INTRODUCTION: COLLECTIONS FROM FLOYD COUNTY :
FLOYD COUNTY, GEORGIA OTHER SPECIMENS (1869-1970's)
FLATWOODS LIST OF PLANTS (1872, 1881, & 1890')
PLANT EXPLORERS (1540-2006) WOODY PLANTS' SPECIMENS (1977)
A.W. CHAPMAN HAWTHORNS: TYPE SPECIMENS (1897-1910)

CONTACT

© Copyright Zvezdana Ukropina-Crawford! 2004-2013.,
Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.