Herbarium Specimen Details

Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Highlands Co. : Lake Placid turn off from FL 70 E, ca. 4 mi. in near lake.
Description Rare. Flowers large, purple, in whorls.
Habitat In thicket with oaks.
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Collector A. Fulton 223
Collection Date 24 Oct 1978
Accession Number 134316
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Homestead. Krome Avenue and SE 8th Street. T57S, R39S, Sec. 18. 25° 28' 7" N 80° 28' 39" W
Description Common plant. Corolla white.
Habitat In overgrown vacant lot.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector G. N. Avery 1350
Collection Date 10 Jan 1973
Accession Number 103665
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Broward Co. : Davie. Pine Island Ridge Natural Area. T50S, R41E, Sec. 20. 26° 3' 46" N 80° 13' 59" W
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector P. L. Howell 401
Collection Date 09 May 2001
Accession Number 229360
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : 27° 54' 22" N 82° 20' 49" W
Description Garden escape.
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Collector R. M. Mansell
Collection Date Nov 1973
Accession Number 111732
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Goodland. About motel. 25° 55' 29" N 81° 38' 44" W
Habitat Escaping over to mangroves.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector O. K. Lakela 30360
Collection Date s.d.
Accession Number 78767
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Citrus Park. N side of Ehrlich Road just E of Gunn Highway. T28S, R17E, Sec. 2. 28° 52' 0" N 82° 27' 0" W
Description Escaped.
Habitat Along railroad right-of-way through wet pineland. Along fenceline.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector R. Gannon 157
Collection Date 17 Oct 1984
Accession Number 182136
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Homestead. Between Homestead and Florida City, near FL 27. 25° 28' 7" N 80° 28' 39" W
Habitat Pineland area.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector R. W. Long 1659
Collection Date 04 Jun 1966
Accession Number 71738
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Along W edge of SW 134 Avenue just N of 232 Street. 27° 51' 34" N 82° 5' 7" W
Description Common.
Reproductive State Flower Immature Fruit
Collector K. A. Bradley 808
Collection Date 03 Oct 1977
Accession Number 223272
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L. - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1980
Determination History
Barleria nitida Jacq. ex Steud.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Homestead. Near University of Florida Agricultural Station. 25° 28' 7" N 80° 28' 39" W
Description As weed.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector R. W. Long 1474
Collection Date 21 - 24 Oct 1965
Accession Number 67488
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L. - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, Feb 2012
Locality USA. Florida , Seminole Co. : Back entrance to a shopping center on County Home Road, between US 17/92 (South Orlando Drive) and C-427 (Ronald Reagan Boulevard), Town of Sanford. 28° 44' 26" N 81° 17' 54" W
Habitat Along the edge of woods.
Reproductive State Bud
Collector W. D. Longbottom 14449
with D.H. Williams
Collection Date 15 Nov 2010
Accession Number 261403
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Seminole Co. : N side of C-427, ca. 200 m W of its intersection with Hester Avenue; roadside pullout near abandoned structures. 28° 44' 28" N 81° 17' 28" W
Description Prolific and extensive here.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. H. Williams 2644
with H.L. Williams
Collection Date 15 Oct 2011
Accession Number 262174
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Corner Oaks Drive, ca. 1 mi. S of the junction of FL 574 and Highview Road, Brandon. 27° 56' 16" N 82° 17' 9" W
Habitat [Volunteering in] unmowed corner of xeric residential yard.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector R. Chicone 819
Collection Date 08 Mar 2012
Accession Number 263765
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Pasco Co. : 0.1 km S of FL 52 and St. Leo University, 6.3 km E of I-75. 28° 20' 5" N 82° 15' 38" W
Habitat Exotic woodland edge.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector A. R. Franck 3273
Collection Date 31 Oct 2013
Accession Number 271115
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Orange Co. : NW corner of US 17/92 and Magnolia Road, adjacent to Enzian Theater (1300 South Orlando Avenue), Maitland. 28° 37' 39" N 81° 21' 48" W
Habitat Ruderal; slope along a small stream in a heavily urbanized setting; a few large canopy trees present, such as Acer rubrum, Magnolia virginiana, and Melia azedarach.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector W. F. Grey
Collection Date 11 Jun 2014
Accession Number 274515
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : Tampa. 27° 56' 51" N 82° 27' 30" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector S. D. Todd
Collection Date 02 Nov 1973
Accession Number 111731
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida 26° 39' 47" N 81° 57' 13" W
Habitat Greenhouse cultigen.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector L. Pardue
Collection Date 23 Oct 1968
Accession Number 84290
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : USF.
Description Spreading under beds; corolla blue, variegated with white; three aborted anthers; ovules sterile according to Dr. R. W. Long.
Habitat Greenhouse.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector unknown
Collection Date 31 Oct 1963
Accession Number 57101
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L. - Determined By: Schallert,
Locality USA. Florida , Seminole Co. : 28° 43' 1" N 81° 14' 11" W
Habitat Garden.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector P. O. Schallert
Collection Date 30 Oct 1964
Accession Number 66608
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : USF Botanical Garden, Tampa. 27° 56' 51" N 82° 27' 30" W
Description Erect to 1.8 m; flowers purple-blue; cut back by frost but surviving in open site.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. Burch
Collection Date 03 Nov 1970
Accession Number 96512
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : USF Botanical Garden, Tampa. 27° 56' 51" N 82° 27' 30" W
Description Shrub to 1.2 m; flowers white, leaves variegated; surviving in sheltered site location.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. Burch
Collection Date 09 Dec 1971
Accession Number 99198
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : USF Botanical Garden, Tampa. 27° 56' 51" N 82° 27' 30" W
Description Lavender-pink flowers, shrub 5-6 ft.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector F. B. Essig
Collection Date 09 Nov 1979
Accession Number 151160
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Hillsborough Co. : USF Botanical Garden, Tampa, number E-497. 27° 56' 51" N 82° 27' 30" W
Description Herb to 5 ft. tall; white flowers.
Habitat All over canopy area.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector F. B. Essig
Collection Date 21 Oct 1980
Accession Number 150999
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : 100 ft. from the corner of SW 57th Court and SW 116th Street.
Description 1 m tall, from a tap root; leaves strigose; flowers showy white, 5 cm long.
Habitat Soils of vegetative and oolite origin.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector H. W. Barrick
Collection Date 20 Oct 1967
Accession Number 291541
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality Thailand. Chiang Mai Prov. Doi Sutep.
Description Blue flowers.
Habitat Dry dipterocarp-forest.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector T. J. Sørensen
with K. Larsen, B. Hansen
Collection Date 26 Oct 1958
Accession Number 64890
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality India. Madhya Pradesh Panna. 24° 30' 0" N 80° 15' 0" E
Reproductive State Flower
Collector P. Suigh
Collection Date 29 Dec 1958
Accession Number 13266
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Marco Island; Calusa Court. T52S, R26E, Sec. 27. 25° 58' 0" N 81° 43' 0" W
Habitat Shell mound, former residence.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector J. N. Burch
Collection Date 04 Nov 1990
Accession Number 290099
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Collier Co. : Nobles Grade.
Habitat Roadside.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector J. N. Burch
Collection Date 23 Mar 2012
Accession Number 290101
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Determination History
Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Polk Co. : Florida Southern College. 28° 0' 0" N 82° 0' 0" W
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector V. W. Yingst
Collection Date Sep 1973
Accession Number 287678
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Barleria cristata
Family Name Acanthaceae
Currently Accepted Name Barleria cristata L.
Locality USA. Florida , Polk Co. : Poinciana. 28° 10' 0" N 81° 25' 0" W
Habitat Woods by stream.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector M. L. Gilbert
Collection Date 25 Aug 1984
Accession Number 287679
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