Houstonia canadensis

Houstonia canadensis, common name Canadian summer bluet, is a plant species native to the United States and Canada.[2][3] It has been reported from Ontario, Saskatchewan, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, West Virginia, western Virginia, and mountainous regions of western North Carolina, western South Carolina, and northern Georgia.[1][4]

Canadian summer bluet
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Genus:
Houstonia
Species:
H. canadensis
Binomial name
Houstonia canadensis
Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
Synonyms[1]
  • Hedyotis canadensis (Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.) Fosberg
  • Houstonia heterophylla Raf.
  • Houstonia oblongifolia Raf.
  • Houstonia obtusifolia Raf.
  • Houstonia ciliolata Torr.
  • Houstonia longifolia var. ciliolata (Torr.) Alph.Wood
  • Houstonia quonochauntaugensis B.Golemb.
  • Houstonia purpurea var. ciliolata (Torr.) A.Gray
  • Chamisme ciliolata (Torr.) Nieuwl.
  • Houstonia setiscaphia L.G.Carr
  • Hedyotis purpurea var. ciliolata (Torr.) Fosberg
  • Hedyotis purpurea var. setiscaphia (L.G.Carr) Fosberg
  • Houstonia canadensis var. setiscaphia (L.G.Carr) C.F.Reed

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von ex Roemer, Johann Jakob & Schultes, Josef August. 1818. Systema vegetabilium: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species. Cum characteribus differentiis et synonymis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. Detectis aucta et locupletata. Stuttgardtiae 3: 527
  3. Golembliewski, Belestawa. 1902. Ogród Botaniczny Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego 14(8):27, Houstonia quonochauntaugensis
  4. Biota of North America Program


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