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Pinguicula planifolia

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Chapman's Butterwort

G3Vulnerable (G3?) Found in 1 roadless area NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.138215

Element CodePDLNT01050

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderScrophulariales

FamilyLentibulariaceae

GenusPinguicula

Other Common Names

Chapman's butterwort (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Distinct species. Six members of the genus occur in the southeastern United States.

Conservation Status

Review Date1997-12-23

Change Date1988-06-30

Edition Date1988-12-26

Edition AuthorsCooper, S.T. , K.L. Gordon; rev. D.White

Range Extent250-20,000 square km (about 100-8000 square miles)

Rank Reasons

Regional endemic. Habitat directly threatened by conversion to pasture, pine plantations, and agriculture, as well as by restriction of natural fires and alterations of hydroperiod. Need better data on abundance and distribution rangewide.

Range Extent Comments

Regional endemic. Occurs from northwestern Florida (panhandle) west to Alabama and Mississippi.

Occurrences Comments

17 element occurrences known from Mississippi; 239 occurrences in Florida (as of October 1997); habitat destruction in Florida and Alabama; it may not be much habitat left in those two states.

Threat Impact Comments

Highly threatened by land-use conversion, habitat fragmentation, and forest management practices; lack of disturbance resulting in succession also adversely affects this species (Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project 2002). Threat include conversion of habitat for pasture, pine plantations, and agriculture; restriction of fire; alteration of hydroperiod. Collecting by carnivorous plant enthusiasts may be small factor in decline.

Ecology & Habitat

Diagnostic Characteristics

Pinguicula planifolia may be characterized by pubescence of the scape uniform throughout its length and all glandular, expanded portion of the corolla not at all veiny and by leaves dull red or reddish green; lobes of the corolla deeply incised (Godfrey and Wooten, 1981).

Habitat

In shallow water, margins of peaty ponds, bogs, boggy flatwoods, ditches and drainage canals.

Palustrine Habitats

Bog/fen

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN3

Province	Rank	Native
Alabama	S1	Yes
Mississippi	S2	Yes
Florida	S3	Yes

Plant Characteristics

DurationPERENNIAL, SPRING-FLOWERING

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

Florida (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Savannah	Apalachicola National Forest	1,927

References (6)

Godfrey, R.K., and J.W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States: Dicotyledons. Univ. Georgia Press, Athens. 933 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kral, R. 1983c. A report on some rare, threatened, or endangered forest-related vascular plants of the South. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Forest Service Technical Publication R8-TP2, Athens, GA. 1305 pp.
Radford, A.E., H.E. Ahles, and C.R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. Univ. North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC. 1183 pp.
Small, J.K. 1933. Manual of the southeastern flora. Two volumes. Hafner Publishing Company, New York.
Southern Appalachian Species Viability Project. 2002. A partnership between the U.S. Forest Service-Region 8, Natural Heritage Programs in the Southeast, NatureServe, and independent scientists to develop and review data on 1300+ regionally and locally rare species in the Southern Appalachian and Alabama region. Database (Access 97) provided to the U.S. Forest Service by NatureServe, Durham, North Carolina.