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Orbexilum

not marked as a favorite taxon Orbexilum macrophyllum (Rowlee ex Small) Rydberg. Common name: Bigleaf Scurfpea. Phenology: Jun; Jul-Aug? Habitat: Wooded slopes of mountain on Blue Ridge escarpment, precise habitat not known (probably nutrient-rich dry woodlands). Distribution: This species was discovered on 18 June 1897 and subsequently collected on 8 June 1899 by E.C. Townsend, somewhere on the double peak of Tryon Mountain and White Oak Mountain, Polk County, NC, a phytogeographically interesting area with disjunct, endemic, and relictual species largely of midwestern affinities. It is currently presumed to be extinct, following a number of unsuccessful attempts to relocate it.

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Subgenus: Orbexilum.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Isely (1990) states that the assignment of "this distinctive species" to Orbexilum is "reasonably assumptive," since fruits have never been seen.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K4, NS, POWO, S, SE3, Grimes (1988), Grimes (1990), Isely (1998), Turner (2008); = Psoralea macrophylla Rowlee in Small — RAB, S13, W. Basionym: Psoralea macrophylla Rowlee in Small 1903

Links to other floras: = Orbexilum macrophyllum - FNA11.1

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