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Iridaceae
Calydorea

not marked as a favorite taxon Calydorea caelestina (Bartram) Goldblatt & Henrich. Common name: Bartram's Ixia. Phenology: Apr-Oct. Habitat: Pine flatwoods. Distribution: Endemic to ne. FL (Chafin 2000); the single GA record is by P.O. Schallert, notoriously sloppy with his location data, and is therefore best discounted unless additional information comes to light.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: The original spelling of the epithet must be used; there is no basis for 'correcting' 'caelestina' to 'coelestina' (Franck & Manolaraki 2017).

Other Comments: The flowers open in the morning (ca. 8-10 a.m., or as late as noon on overcast days, E.D.S.T).

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, WH3; = Calydorea coelestina (Bartram) Goldblatt & Henrich — FNA26, NS, orthographic variant; = Ixia caelestina Bartram = Nemastylis coelestina (Bartram) Nutt. — S13, orthographic variant; = Salpingostylis caelestina (W.Bartram) Small — POWO; = Salpingostylis coelestina (Bartram) Small — S, orthographic variant; = Sphenostigma coelestinum (Bartram) R.C.Foster, orthographic variant. Basionym: Ixia caelestina Bartram 1791

Links to other floras: = Calydorea coelestina - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW (name change)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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