Aureolaria levigata

Aureolaria levigata, commonly known as entireleaf yellow false foxglove[2] or Appalachian oak-leech,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is native to much of the Appalachian Mountains and surrounding areas in the eastern United States. It is also found in a disjunct population in southwestern Mississippi.

Aureolaria levigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Aureolaria
Species:
A. levigata
Binomial name
Aureolaria levigata
(Raf.) Raf.
Synonyms[1]
  • Gerardia levigata Raf. – basionym
  • Agalinis levigata (Raf.) S.F.Blake
  • Dasistoma integrifolia A.Gray
  • Dasistoma levigata (Raf.) Chapm.
  • Gerardia integrifolia A.Gray

Description

Like other members of its genus, Aureolaria laevigata is hemiparasitic on oak tree roots. It produces tubular yellow flowers in late summer. It can be distinguished from its relative, A. flava by its tendency to have entire, simple leaves.[4]

Taxonomy

The Appalachian oak-leech was first formally described in 1820 by French botanist Constantine Samuel Rafinesque as Gerardia levigata[5] and renamed, by the same author, as Aureolaria levigata in 1837.[6]

The scientific name is frequently "corrected" as Aureolaria laevigata,[2][7] though according to the Germplasm Resources Information Network, "Rafinesque consistently spelled this "levigata" and there is no basis for correcting his spelling".[8] The spelling as levigata is also accepted in Kew's Plants of the World Online and International Plant Names Index.[1][6]

References
  1. "Aureolaria levigata". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. "Aureolaria laevigata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  3. Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  4. Morawetz, Jeffery J. (2012). "Aureolaria (Orobanchaceae)" (PDF). Flora of North America, Provisional Publication.
  5. "Gerardia levigata". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  6. "Aureolaria levigata". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  7. "Aureolaria laevigata". The Plant List. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. "Aureolaria levigata (Raf.) Raf". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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