Herbarium Specimen Details

Forestiera godfreyi
Family Name Oleaceae
Currently Accepted Name ISOTYPE of Forestiera godfreyi L. C. Anderson - Determined By: L. C. Anderson, 1985
Locality USA. Florida , Jefferson Co. : Norias Plantation. E side of Lake Miccosukee. 27° 4' 5" N 82° 22' 22" W
Description Shrub to ca. 4 m tall, stems often leaning. [On annotation label]: Ripe fruits mostly ovoid or ovoid elliptic, 8-12 mm long, mostly ca. 10 mm, 8-9 mm broad, dark blue with a bloom thus appearing greyish blue, often slightly asymmetric and often with style base persistent at the tip, surfaces smooth. Fruits commonly up to ca. 10 in a cluster. Specimens were gathered when most fruits had already been shed.
Habitat Rich woodland on both slopes of bluff and on flats below.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. K. Godfrey 78586
Collection Date 05 May 1981
Accession Number 193712
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Forestiera godfreyi
Family Name Oleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Forestiera godfreyi L. C. Anderson - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1993
Determination History
Forestiera pubescens Nutt. - Determined By: D. W. Hall,
Locality Florida, Alachua Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Dioecious shrubs 8 ft. tall; flowers green.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. W. Hall 1270
with S. Zona, K. Kron, D. Skean
Collection Date 01 Feb 1984
Accession Number 198680
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Forestiera godfreyi
Family Name Oleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Forestiera godfreyi L. C. Anderson - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1993
Determination History
Forestiera pubescens Nutt. - Determined By: D. W. Hall,
Locality Florida, Alachua Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Dioecious shrubs 8 ft. tall; flowers green.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector D. W. Hall 1270
with S. Zona, K. Kron, D. Skean
Collection Date 01 Feb 1984
Accession Number 198679
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Forestiera godfreyi
Family Name Oleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Forestiera godfreyi L. C. Anderson - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 1993
Determination History
Forestiera pubescens Nutt. - Determined By: R. Simons,
Locality Florida, Duval Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Many stemmed shrub.
Reproductive State
Collector R. Simons
Collection Date 06 Nov 1984
Accession Number 198506
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Forestiera godfreyi
Family Name Oleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Forestiera godfreyi L. C. Anderson
Locality Florida, Liberty Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Functionally staminate shrub.
Habitat With needlepalm [Rhapidophyllum hystrix], Torreya, and Hydrangea in Magnolia - oak - beech [Fagus grandifolia] - sweet gum [Liquidambar styraciflua] woods.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector L. C. Anderson 7827
Collection Date 22 Feb 1985
Accession Number 193704
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Forestiera godfreyi
Family Name Oleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Forestiera godfreyi L. C. Anderson - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1985
Determination History
Forestiera ligustrina (Michx.) Poir.
Locality Florida, Marion Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Pasture near river.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector E. M. Norman
with J. Buckner
Collection Date 20 Apr 1984
Accession Number 176999
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Forestiera godfreyi
Family Name Oleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Forestiera godfreyi L. C. Anderson - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1985
Locality Florida, Jefferson Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Shrub with weak and leaning stems, to ca. 2.5 m tall.
Habitat Hardwood forest on bluff.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector R. K. Godfrey 73268
Collection Date 17 Mar 1974
Accession Number 127038
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Forestiera godfreyi
Family Name Oleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Forestiera godfreyi L. C. Anderson
Locality Florida, Sumter Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Upland mixed hardwood hammock with limestone outcrops.; community dominated by Quercus virginiana, Celtis laevigata, Ulmus americana, and Carpinus caroliniana.
Reproductive State
Collector S. L. Orzell 22645
with E.L. Bridges
Collection Date 12 Apr 1994
Accession Number 233935
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Forestiera godfreyi
Family Name Oleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Forestiera godfreyi L. C. Anderson
Locality Florida, Liberty Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Functionally pistillate shrub.
Habitat With Torreya, Hydrangea, and needlepalm [Rhapidophyllum hystrix] in Magnolia - oak - beech [Fagus grandifolia] - sweetgum [Liquidambar styraciflua] woods.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector L. C. Anderson 7826
Collection Date 22 Feb 1985
Accession Number 196253
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Forestiera godfreyi
Family Name Oleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Forestiera godfreyi L. C. Anderson - Determined By: L. C. Anderson, Jul 1985
Locality Florida, Alachua Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Shrub, the short lateral branches either borne stiffly at right angles from the branches from which they arise or arching-recurved, perhaps more commonly the latter.
Habitat Mesic hammock.
Reproductive State
Collector R. K. Godfrey 81391
with R.W. Simons, A. Gholson
Collection Date 22 Jun 1984
Accession Number 196341
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Forestiera godfreyi
Family Name Oleaceae
Currently Accepted Name Forestiera godfreyi L. C. Anderson
Locality USA. South Carolina , Charleston Co. : On Fig Island complex between Edistro River and Ocella Creek.
Description Locally common.
Habitat With Cornus asperifolia, Acer barbatum, Tilia sp., and Sageretia minutiflora on shell hammock surrounded by Spartina marsh.
Reproductive State Fertile
Collector R. D. Porcher
Collection Date 24 Jul 1998
Accession Number 224737
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