Herbarium Specimen Details

Matelea floridana
Family Name Apocynaceae
Currently Accepted Name Matelea floridana Vail Woodson
Locality Florida, Hillsborough Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Appeared after selective removal of hardwood vegetation and controlled burning.
Reproductive State Bud Flower
Collector S. Dickman
Collection Date 09 Aug 2007
Accession Number 244190
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Matelea floridana
Family Name Apocynaceae
Currently Accepted Name Matelea floridana Vail Woodson - Determined By: G. Wilder,
Locality Florida, Calhoun Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Locally infrequent vine to 2 m long, stem sparsely hirsute; flowers red with yellow rays.
Habitat Riverside on high bank along mesic track.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector T. MacClendon 1174
with K. MacClendon, G. Wilder, B. Thomas, J. Roche
Collection Date 12 May 2012
Accession Number 262821
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Matelea floridana
Family Name Apocynaceae
Currently Accepted Name Matelea floridana Vail Woodson
Locality Florida, Hillsborough Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Vining on fence and climbing into trees.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector S. Dickman
with R. Ross
Collection Date 26 May 2011
Accession Number 272737
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Matelea floridana
Family Name Apocynaceae
Currently Accepted Name Matelea floridana Vail Woodson
Determination History
Matelea gonocarpa Walter Shinners
Locality USA. Florida , Columbia Co. : Ichetucknee Springs State Park. 4.5 mi. NW of Fort White; ca. 0.7 mi. NE of South Entrance on NW side of tram road in section 4E. T6S, R15E, Sec. 13.
Description Occasional vine; stems with milky sap; leaves heart-shaped; corona maroonish black, 5-lobed; corolla maroon.
Habitat Upland mixed forest; with Pteridium aquilinum, Sassafras albidum, and Vaccinium stamineum.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector B. J. Herring 733
with D. Herring
Collection Date 16 May 1992
Accession Number 211236
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Matelea floridana
Family Name Apocynaceae
Currently Accepted Name Matelea floridana Vail Woodson
Locality Florida, Hernando Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Several plants seen.
Habitat Sandhill.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector C. vanHoek 2914
with C. Werner
Collection Date 14 Aug 2015
Accession Number 282795
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Matelea floridana
Family Name Apocynaceae
Currently Accepted Name Matelea floridana Vail Woodson
Locality Florida, Hillsborough Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Few seen; sap milky.
Habitat Mesic hammock.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. Rowe
with C. Becker
Collection Date 24 Oct 2012
Accession Number 284024
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Matelea floridana
Family Name Apocynaceae
Currently Accepted Name Matelea floridana Vail Woodson
Locality Florida, Manatee Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description [Twining] on low shrubs.
Habitat Abandoned Bahia grass [Paspalum notatum] pasture along edge of secondary upland hardwood hammock (formerly scrub), on 2-5% slopes, Tavares soils; with Carya glabra, Quecus hemisphaerica [Q. laurifolia], Pinus clausa, Ximenia americana, Callicarpa americana, Sideroxylon tenax, and Asclepias tomentosa.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. DeAngelis
Collection Date 11 May 2017
Accession Number 293508
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Matelea floridana
Family Name Apocynaceae
Currently Accepted Name Matelea floridana Vail Woodson
Locality Florida, Sumter Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Abundant and flowering vigorously in open sun; plants also seen in shade of overgrown Quercus geminata.
Habitat Abandoned pasture with scattered Quercus geminata, Q. myrtifolia, Q. chapmanii, Q. laevis, Opuntia humifusa, Ximenia americana, and Pinus palustris.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector J. DeAngelis
Collection Date 14 Jun 2017
Accession Number 294449
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Matelea floridana
Family Name Apocynaceae
Currently Accepted Name Matelea floridana Vail Woodson
Locality U.S.. Florida , Miami-Dade Co. : Simpson Park.
Description Sporadic throughout the park; stems densely pubescent.
Habitat Mainly in somewhat open areas adjacent to nature trail.
Reproductive State
Collector J. Lange
Collection Date 01 Mar 2018
Accession Number 302284
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