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Apocynaceae
Odontostephana

not marked as a favorite taxon Odontostephana baldwiniana (Sweet) Alexander. Common name: White Spinypod. Phenology: Apr-Jul; (May-) Jun-Oct (-Dec). Habitat: Dry to mesic bluffs over calcareous rocks. Distribution: Panhandle Florida and sw. Georgia west to Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas (Singhurst & Holmes 2021). Verified for Mississippi by John Kees (2022, pers.comm).

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Taxonomy Comments: Drapalik (1969) discussed the probability that the name Matelea baldwyniana is based on material of M. flavidula; this problem remains unaddressed. The spelling of the epithet must be corrected to 'baldwiniana'.

Synonymy ⓘ: = S, Liede-Schumann et al (2026); = Gonolobus baldwynianus R. Sweet — F; = Matelea baldwiniana (Sweet) Woodson; = Matelea baldwyniana (Sweet) Woodson — Ar, FNA14, GrPl, K1, K4, Mo2, NS, Ok, WH3, Drapalik (1969), McDonnell & Fishbein (2016), orthographic variant; = n/a — C; = Odontostephana baldwyniana — POWO; = Vincetoxicum baldwynianum (Sweet) Britton, orthographic variant. Basionym: Gonolobus baldwynianus R. Sweet 1830

Links to other floras: = Matelea baldwyniana - FNA14

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