Apocynaceae
Amsonia

Amsonia ludoviciana Small

First published in Fl. S.E. U.S.: 935 (1903)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Texas to N. Central Georgia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Georgia, Louisiana, Texas

Extinct in:

Mississippi

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Doffitt, C., Allen, C., Lewis, P. & Lewis, D. (2014). Amsonia ludoviciana (Apocynaceae) new to the flora of Texas (U.S.A.). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 663-664.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023). Flora of North America North of Mexico 14: 1-505. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Doffitt, C., Allen, C., Lewis, P. & Lewis, D. (2014). Amsonia ludoviciana (Apocynaceae) new to the flora of Texas (U.S.A.). Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 663-664.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0