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Plant Index

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Stewartia malacodendron

Stewartia malacodendron L.

silky camellia, virginia stewartia

Stewartia malacodendron (Silky Camellia)

Image ID: 17578
Image by: Sorrie, Bruce A.
Image Collection: NCBG Digital Library

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: STMA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Stewartia malacodendron
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: STEWA
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Stewartia
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Stewartia
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 20 species, trees and shrubs, of temperate e. Asia and e. North America. Both our species of Stewartia are very attractive shrubs. The other species of the genus are Asian. Li et al. (2002) demonstrate that our 2 species form a clade together, separate from and basal to the Asian species; Prince (2002) shows a different tree topology.
GENUS IDENTIFICATION: Identification notes: The leaves are borne in horizontal planes, reminiscent of Cornus florida and Cornus alternifolia. The leaves of both species are obscurely serrate or crenate, and also conspicuously and copiously ciliate-margined.
GENUS REFERENCES: Prince in FNA (2009); Spongberg (1974)=Z; Li et al. (2002); Prince (2002); Stevens, Dressler, & Weitzman in Kubitzki (2004).

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: THEACE
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Theaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: D. Don 1825
FAMILY COMMON: Tea Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: With a more circumscribed definition (excluding Pentaphylacaceae), a family of about 9 genera and 450 species, trees and shrubs, of primarily tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and New Worlds.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Prince in FNA (2009); Prince & Parks (2001); Stevens, Dressler, & Weitzman in Kubitzki (2004).

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DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Shrub, Tree

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
LEAF RETENTION: Deciduous

FLORAL CHARACTERISTICS
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BLOOM TIME: May-Jun

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White	Red	Pink	Orange	Yellow	Green	Blue	Lavender	Purple	Violet	Brown	Not Applicable
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FRUITING PERIOD: Sep-Oct.

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NATIVE RANGE: southeastern United States

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SOIL MOISTURE: Dry, Average
LIGHT EXPOSURE: Part Shade, Shade
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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id	acc_num	acc_dt	coll_id	Action
35	2017-0038	2019-02-01	38	View
3394	1991-0021			View
3581	1991-0239			View
4802	1993-0093			View
6337	1995-1469			View
6740	1996-0398			View
6904	1998-0111			View
7107	1999-0061	1999-08-10		View

GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
38	HORT	2012-09-17	Morris	View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num	acc_id	loc_num	pers_num	inst_dt	Action
46	35	6	Liloia	2017-04-01	View
5628	3394	6	NCBG staff	1982-06-01	View
5845	3581	6	NCBG staff	1991-03-01	View
5846	3581	159	NCBG staff	1991-03-01	View
7174	4802	6	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
8992	6337	2	NCBG staff	0000-00-00	View
9515	6740	8	NCBG staff	1996-03-28	View
9767	6904	160	NCBG staff	1997-10-23	View
10041	7107	162	NCBG staff	1967-12-01	View
10042	7107	166	NCBG staff	1999-05-01	View
10043	7107	160	NCBG staff	2001-11-01	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: STMA
USDA Common Name: Silky Camellia
Native Status: L48 (N)
Distribution: USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree, Shrub

WEAKLEY FLORA

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Stewartia malacodendron
COMMON NAME: Silky Camellia, Virginia Stewartia
SYNONYMY: [= FNA, K, RAB, Va, W, WH3, Z; = Stewartia malachodendron - C, F, G (orthographic variant); = Stuartia malachodendron - S (orthographic variant)]
PHENOLOGY: May-Jun; Sep-Oct.
HABITAT: Mesic forests, especially on beech-dominated bluffs or upland islands in Coastal Plain swamps.
COMMENTS: Primarily Coastal Plain, se. VA south to FL, west to se. TX, but extending inland to the Piedmont of GA, NC, and SC and the Mountains of NC.
RANGE MAP: Stewartia malacodendron.png

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Theaceae D. Don 1825 (Tea Family)
SUMMARY: With a more circumscribed definition (excluding Pentaphylacaceae), a family of about 9 genera and 450 species, trees and shrubs, of primarily tropical and subtropical regions of the Old and New Worlds.
REFERENCE: Prince in FNA (2009); Prince & Parks (2001); Stevens, Dressler, & Weitzman in Kubitzki (2004).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Stewartia L. (Stewartia)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 20 species, trees and shrubs, of temperate e. Asia and e. North America. Both our species of Stewartia are very attractive shrubs. The other species of the genus are Asian. Li et al. (2002) demonstrate that our 2 species form a clade together, separate from and basal to the Asian species; Prince (2002) shows a different tree topology.
REFERENCE: Prince in FNA (2009); Spongberg (1974)=Z; Li et al. (2002); Prince (2002); Stevens, Dressler, & Weitzman in Kubitzki (2004).

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Stewartia malacodendron in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Stewartia malacodendron in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Stewartia malacodendron in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Stewartia malacodendron in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Stewartia malacodendron in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Stewartia malacodendron

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 17578 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 17578 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)