Stewartia malacodendron Linnaeus. Common name: Silky Camellia, Virginia Stewartia. Phenology: Apr-Jun; Sep-Oct. Habitat: Mesic forests, especially on beech-dominated bluffs or ‘upland islands’ in Coastal Plain swamps, steepheads, bayheads. Distribution: Primarily Coastal Plain, se. VA south to FL, west to se. TX, but extending inland to the Piedmont of GA, NC, and SC and the Mountains of AL and NC.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: In the phylogenetic tree of Stewartia, S. malacodendron is the first-branching taxon in the genus, not closely related to S. ovata.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Fl5, FNA8, K4, RAB, Tx, Va, W, WH3, Spongberg (1974); = Stewartia malachodendron — C, F, G, Tat, orthographic variant (specific epithet); = Stuartia malachodendron L. — S, orthographic variant (genus and specific epithet; = Stuartia malacodendron L. — S13, orthographic variant (genus). Basionym: Stewartia malacodendron L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Stewartia malacodendron - FNA8
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Heliophily ⓘ: 3
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