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Mayacaceae
Mayaca

not marked as a favorite taxon Mayaca fluviatilis Aublet. Common name: Bogmoss. Phenology: (Dec-) May-Nov. Habitat: Mucky marshes, streams, swamp forests, shores of natural lakes (rarely in artificial impoundments), in saturated soil or variously submersed. Distribution: Se. North Carolina south to c. peninsular Florida, west to e. Louisiana; West Indies; Central America to South America.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Two species have sometimes been recognized (see synonymy), but the characters seem plastic and also poorly correlated in material in the Southeastern United States. Mayaca aubletii is alleged to have pedicels 5-30 mm long; plants decumbent, the leaves disposed either spirally to distichously on the stem; corolla pink (with a white ʻeyeʼ); capsule subglobose to ovoid. Mayaca fluviatilis (s.s.) is alleged to have pedicels 1-5 (-10) mm long; plants erect to ascending, the leaves disposed spirally around the stem; corolla white or pink; capsules oblong-ellipsoid. Until better diagnostic features are determined, we consider these to be conspecific, with the name Mayaca fluviatilis having priority.

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA22, GW1, K1, K4, Meso6, NS, POWO, WH3, WI, Thieret (1975); > Mayaca aubletii Michx. — RAB, S, S13, Tx, Urquiola Cruz (2001); > Mayaca fluviatilis Aublet — RAB, S, S13, Urquiola Cruz (2001). Basionym: Mayaca fluviatilis Aublet 1775

Links to other floras: = Mayaca fluviatilis - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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