Franklinia alatamaha

Marshall

Arbust. Amer., 49. 1785 ,.

Common names: Franklin tree
IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Gordonia alatamaha (Marshall) Sargent
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 326.

Trees: crown rounded; twigs reddish, smooth. Leaf-blades 12–18 (–25) × 5–7 (–9.5) cm, abaxial surface hairy, hairs simple, bifurcate, and stellate, midrib depressed distally. Pedicels 1–2 mm diam. at narrowest point. Flowers: sepals suborbiculate, 7–9 × 8–9 mm, base constricted; petals to 6 × 4 cm, apex rounded; filaments: free portion 8–14 mm. Capsules 1.4–1.5 × 1.5–1.7 cm. Seeds 4–7 × 3.5–4.5 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering (Jun-)Aug–Sep(-Oct).
Habitat: Low, wet soils
Elevation: 0-10 m

Discussion

Franklinia alatamaha is believed to be extinct in the wild. It was known from only one location near historic Fort Barrington, along the Altamaha River in Georgia, where it was last collected in 1803. The species was known from relatively few individuals and it has been suggested that its demise was due to over-collection to meet horticultural demands in Europe during the late 1700s. It is an ornamental of limited cultivation; it is found in arboreta and botanic gardens as far north and east as Massachusetts, west to Missouri, and south to Florida, and in warm-temperate and temperate regions in Europe.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Franklinia alatamaha"
septicidal +  and loculicidal +
rounded +
Linda M. Prince +
Marshall +
rounded +  and long-tapering +
constricted +
obovate;obtrullate +
chartaceous +  and coriaceous +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
subglobose +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
Franklin tree +
adnate +  and distinct +
rounded +
0-10 m +
curved +  and straight +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
septicidal +  and loculicidal +
Low, wet soils +
bifurcate +
proximal +  and inserted +
18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (9.5 cm95 mm <br />0.095 m <br />) +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (18 cm180 mm <br />0.18 m <br />) +
deciduous +
crenulate +
depressed +
tenuinucellate +  and bitegmic +
6 +  and 8 +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
creamy white +
unequal +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Flowering (Jun-)Aug–Sep(-Oct). +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
Arbust. Amer., +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
reniform +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
deciduous +
suborbiculate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (?) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
connate +  and distinct +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Gordonia alatamaha +
Franklinia alatamaha +
Franklinia +
species +
gland-tipped +
conspicuous +
hairy +  and glabrous +