Geocarpon cumberlandense (Wofford & Kral) E.E. Schilling. Common name: Cumberland Sandwort. Phenology: May-Jul (-Nov). Habitat: Vertical sandstone outcrops in the Cumberland Plateau. Distribution: Endemic to the Cumberland Plateau of ne. TN (Fentress, Morgan, Pickett, and Scott counties) and se. KY (McCreary County).
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Taxonomy Comments: See Winder (2004) for detailed information about this species.
Synonymy ⓘ: = POWO; = Arenaria cumberlandensis Wofford & Kral — C; = Geocarpon cumberlandensis (Wofford & Kral) E.E.Schill. — Schilling et al (2022), in press; = Minuartia cumberlandensis (Wofford & Kral) McNeill — FNA5, Tn; = Mononeuria cumberlandensis (Wofford & Kral) Dillenb. & Kadereit — K4, Dillenberger & Kadereit (2014); = n/a — F, S, Maguire (1951). Basionym: Arenaria cumberlandensis Wofford & Kral 1979
Links to other floras: = Minuartia cumberlandensis - FNA5
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Heliophily ⓘ: 1
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