Schisandra glabra
Schisandra glabra flower

Vulnerable (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Order: Austrobaileyales
Family: Schisandraceae
Genus: Schisandra
Species:
S. glabra
Binomial name
Schisandra glabra
Synonyms[2][3][4]
  • Schisandra coccinea Michx.
  • Stellandria glabra Brickell 1803
  • Schizandra coccinea Michx.

Schisandra glabra, the bay star-vine, is the only American species of this primarily Asian genus. It is native to the southeastern United States and northern Mexico. It grows in Louisiana, eastern Arkansas, southwestern Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, northwestern Florida, and Georgia, with isolated populations in Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Hidalgo.[3][5][6] Despite its wide range, it is considered a vulnerable species. Few populations are secure due to competition from invasive species (such as Japanese honeysuckle) and habitat loss.[1]

Schisandra glabra is a trailing or twining woody vine[7] sometimes climbing to a height of 20 m (67 feet) or more. Leaves are elliptic to cordate (heart-shaped), up to 13 cm (5.2 inches) long. The plant is monoecious, with staminate (male, pollen-producing) and pistillate (female, seed-producing) flowers separate on the same plant. Sepals are whitish, petals pink or red. Berries are red, spherical to ellipsoid, up to 15 mm (0.6 inches) long. It can be found in wooded bluffs, hillsides and ravines at elevations less than 500 m (1650 feet).[3][4][8][9][10]

Some sources spell the name Schizandra, while others use the now-rejected name Stellandria. Schisandra is the accepted spelling.[2][3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Schisandra glabra NatureServe
  2. ^ a b The Plant List
  3. ^ a b c d Flora of North America, Schisandra glabra (Brickell) Rehder, 1944. Star-vine
  4. ^ a b c Rehder, Alfred. Schisandra Michaux, nomen genericum conservandum. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 25(1): 131. 1944.
  5. ^ Panero, J. L. & P. Dávila A. 1998. The family Schisandraceae: a new record for the flora of Mexico. Brittonia 50(1): 87–90
  6. ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  7. ^ Georgia Wildlife: Linda G. Chafin, Schisandra glabra (Brickell) Rehder
  8. ^ Radford, A. E., H. E. Ahles & C. R. Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas i–lxi, 1–1183. University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.
  9. ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
  10. ^ Stone, D. E. 1968. Cytological and morphological notes on the southeastern endemic Schisandra glabra (Schisandraceae). Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 84: 351-356.
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