Agarista populifolia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Ericaceae
Subfamilia: Vaccinioideae
Tribus: Lyonieae
Genus: Agarista
Species: Agarista populifolia
Name

Agarista populifolia (Lam.) Judd, (1979).
Synonyms

Andromeda acuminata Ait.
Andromeda formosissima Bart.
Andromeda laurina Michx.
Andromeda lucida Jacq.
Andromeda populifolia Lam.
Andromeda reticulata Walt.
Andromeda walteri Willd.
Leucothoe acuminata (Ait.) D.Don
Leucothoe populifolia (Lam.) Dippel
Leucothoe walteri (Willd.) Melvin
Lyonia acuminata (Ait.) C.Koch
Lyonia populifolia (Lam.) C.Koch

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina),
Regional: Mexico
Mexico (Hidalgo, Veracruz)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References
Primary references

Judd, W.S. 1979. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. Cambridge, MA 60: 495.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Agarista populifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 May 24. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Agarista populifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 May 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Agarista populifolia. Published online. Accessed: May 24 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Agarista populifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 May 24.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agarista populifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
English: Florida Hobblebush

Agarista populifolia is a plant species in the family Ericaceae with the common name of Florida hobblebush. It forms dense thickets which are difficult to penetrate, thus the common name. Stems often lean and arching. It is found in the southeastern United States inhabiting moist to wet woodlands. It is an evergreen shrub with small white flowers on the underside of its arching branches.[2][3][4]
References

The Plant List
Flora of North America v 8 p 499.
Judd, Walter Stephen. 1979. Generic relations in the Andromedeae (Ericaceae). Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 60(4): 477-503.
Les, Donald H (2017). Aquatic Dicotyledons of North America: Ecology, Life History, and Systematics. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1351644402.