Uvularia

Contains 3 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Uvularia L.
COLCHICACEAE
BELLWORT
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Classification
LILIALES
Uvularia
Citation
UVULARIA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 304. 1753.
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TYPE: Uvularia perfoliata Linnaeus Lectotypified by Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 518. 1913.
Distribution Map Present

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Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Uvularia floridana FLORIDA BELLWORT; FLORIDA MERRYBELLS Native Rare-State FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
Uvularia perfoliata PERFOLIATE BELLWORT Native FACU (NWPL)
Uvularia sessilifolia SESSILELEAF BELLWORT Native FAC (NWPL)
Identification Key
1.  Stems terete; leaf blades perfoliate (at least at mid-stem), margins smooth; tepals densely papillose adaxially; fruit obovoid, the apex truncate
U. perfoliata
1.  Stems angled distally; leaf blades sessile, margins minutely papillose-denticulate; tepals smooth adaxially; fruit generally ellipsoid, the apex acute
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2.  Peduncles bearing 1, ovate, leafy bract directly subtending the flower; tepal apex prolonged-acute to acuminate; ovary and capsule sessile or subsessile
U. floridana
2.  Peduncles ebracteate; tepal apex rounded to short-acute; ovary and capsule stipitate
U. sessilifolia
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Oakesia Oakesia S. Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 14: 269. 1879, non Tuckerman 1842. TYPE: Uvularia sessilifolia Linnaeus Lectotypified by Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 271, 1328. 1903. = Oakesiella Small 1903.
Oakesiella Oakesiella Small, Fl. S.E. U.S. 271, 1328. 1903. TYPE: Oakesiella sessilifolia (Linnaeus) Small (Uvularia sessilifolia Linnaeus) Substitute name for Oakesia S. Watson 1879, non Tuckerman 1842.
Uffenbachia Uffenbachia Heister ex Fabricius, Enum., ed. 2. 21. 1763. TYPE: = Uvularia Linnaeus 1753, by lectotypification.