Matelea alabamensis (Vail) Woodson. Common name: Alabama Milkvine, Alabama Spinypod. Phenology: (Mar-) Apr-Jun; Jun-Dec. Habitat: Open forests on river bluffs, mesic margins of sand ridges. Distribution: Sw. and apparently se. GA, Panhandle FL, and s. AL.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl5, FNA14, K4, WH3, Drapalik (1969); = Cyclodon alabamense (Vail) Small — S; = Cyclodon alabamensis (Vail) Small — Endress et al (2018) in Kadereit & Bittrich (2018); Vincetoxicum alabamense Vail. Basionym: Vincetoxicum alabamense Vail 1903
Links to other floras: = Matelea alabamensis - FNA14
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Heliophily ⓘ: 6
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