Lyonia ferruginea

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: Lyonia
Species: Lyonia ferruginea
Name

Lyonia ferruginea (Walter) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 266. 1818.
Synonyms

Basionym
Andromeda ferruginea Walter, Fl. Carol.: 138 (1788)
Homotypic
Cassandra ferruginea (Walter) Nied., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 184 (1889).
Xolisma ferruginea (Walter) Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 153 (1895).
Xolisma ferruginea (Walter) A.Heller, Cat. N. Amer. Pl. 6 (1898), comb. superfl.
Heterotypic
Andromeda ferruginea var. arborescens Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 252 (1803).
Andromeda rigida (Nutt.) Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 292 (1813),
Leucothoe rhomboidalis (G.Don) A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 33 (1878).
Lyonia rhomboidalis G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 831 (1834).
Lyonia rigida Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 266 (1818).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Southeastern USA
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina.
Regional: Mexico
Mexico Central (Puebla), Mexico Gulf (Veracruz), Mexico Northeast (Hidalgo), Mexico Southeast (Chiapas), Mexico Southwest (Oaxaca).

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

Nuttall, T. 1818. The genera of North American plants, and a catalogue of the species, to the year 1817. Volume 1. viii + 312 pp, D. Heartt, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. , 266.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Lyonia ferruginea. 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 25. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Lyonia ferruginea 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 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Lyonia ferruginea. Published online. Accessed: May 25 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Lyonia ferruginea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 May 25.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lyonia ferruginea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names

English: Rusty staggerbush

Lyonia ferruginea, the rusty staggerbush, tree lyonia, dragon tree, is a plant of the genus Lyonia. It was first described by Thomas Walter, and was named by Thomas Nuttall.[3][4] No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.[3]
References

"NatureServe Explorer 2.0 - Lyonia ferruginea, Rusty Lyonia". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
Tropicos
Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (May 26, 2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK.
World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World