Lophiola

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Nartheciaceae
Genus: Lophiola
Species: L. aurea
Name

Lophiola Ker Gawl., Bot. Mag. 39: t. 1596 (1813)
References

Ker Gawler, J.B. (1813) Botanical Magazine 39: pl. 1596. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Lophiola in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Lophiola. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Lophiola. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Sept. 12.

Lophiola is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants native to eastern North America. It has variously been placed in the Liliaceae, the Haemodoraceae, the Tecophilaeaceae or the Nartheciaceae.[2][3][4][1]

Lophiola aurea Ker Gawl. - southeastern United States from Louisiana to North Carolina; also isolated populations in Delaware, New Jersey, and Nova Scotia[5]

Fernald (1921)[6] recommended recognizing three species, separating the Nova Scotia populations as L. septentrionalis and the New Jersey-Delaware material as L. americana. More recent investigations, however, have suggested that the group be regarded as one species.[7][2]

Lophiola aurea is found in wet locations at elevations less than 100 m. It is a perennial herb up to 90 cm tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. It has yellow flowers about 10 mm across, and dry capsules about 4 mm in diameter.[3][8][9] Goldencrest is a common name.[10]

References

Ker Gawler, John Bellenden 1813. Botanical Magazine 39: plate 1596 and 2 subsequent text pages full-page color illustration by Sydenham Edwards, descriptions in Latin and English
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
"Lophiola in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
BONAP (Biota of North America Program) 2013 county distribution map, Lophiola aurea
Fernald, M. L. 1921. The Gray Herbarium expedition to Nova Scotia, 1920. Rhodora 23: 153–171, 223–245.
Zavada, M., Zu X. L., and J. M. Edwards. 1983. On the taxonomic status of Lophiola aurea Ker-Gawler. Rhodora 85: 73–81
Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
"Lophiola aurea". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 23 June 2015.