Characteristics
Dicots
Argythamnia argothamnoides (Bertero ex Spreng.)J.W.Ingram
BLODGETT'S SILVERBUSH; BLODGETT'S WILD MERCURY
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According to Webster (1967), Florida material is an endemic species (A. blodgettii) distinguished by broader petals, ciliate-tipped staminodia, and its seed sculpturing. Ramírez-Amezcua (in FNA, vol. 12) applied A. argothamnoides to Florida material and stated it was morphologicallly indistinguishable from plants of northern South American and adjacent islands.
Native
Rare-State
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Classification
MALPIGHIALES
Argythamnia argothamnoides (Bertero ex Spreng.)J.W.Ingram - BLODGETT'S SILVERBUSH; BLODGETT'S WILD MERCURY
Citation
ARGYTHAMNIA ARGOTHAMNOIDES (Bertero ex Sprengel) J. W. Ingram, Bull. Torrey
Bot. Club 80: 423. 1953.
BASIONYM: Croton argothamnoides Bertero ex Sprengel 1826.
TYPE: COLOMBIA:
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