not like you care, but to correct a couple of things I said...
* The guy who poo-pooed on Sida inflexa is from UT, not A&M
* S. inflexa wasn't presumed to be extinct per se, but rather was declared "Globally Historic," which basically means that nobody's seen it for a long time but no one's looked too terribly hard for it either. Of course, to say you found a species that was "presumed extinct" sounds a lot cooler than to say you found one which was "globally historic".
Sida inflexa....aka the pineland fanpetals aka the Virginia pine sida.
It's an herb that's related to hibiscus - it's got very pretty, small orange-yellow flowers but otherwise isn't particularly showy. The only known collections are from SE Virginia and NE North Carolina (about 6 total), and until I found it, it apparently hadn't been seen since 1968.
Last I heard, though, some guy at Texas A&M decided that "S. inflexa" really isn't worthy of specieshood or even varietyhood, but is just a slightly oddball variation of Sida elliottii at the northern end of elliottii's range. Pbbtt, I say.
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* The guy who poo-pooed on Sida inflexa is from UT, not A&M
* S. inflexa wasn't presumed to be extinct per se, but rather was declared "Globally Historic," which basically means that nobody's seen it for a long time but no one's looked too terribly hard for it either. Of course, to say you found a species that was "presumed extinct" sounds a lot cooler than to say you found one which was "globally historic".
pedantically yours,
Ilyich
It's an herb that's related to hibiscus - it's got very pretty, small orange-yellow flowers but otherwise isn't particularly showy. The only known collections are from SE Virginia and NE North Carolina (about 6 total), and until I found it, it apparently hadn't been seen since 1968.
Last I heard, though, some guy at Texas A&M decided that "S. inflexa" really isn't worthy of specieshood or even varietyhood, but is just a slightly oddball variation of Sida elliottii at the northern end of elliottii's range. Pbbtt, I say.
Word.
Go American Chestnut!
Hey, btw....I bet I'm the only person on Slashdot who personally has rediscovered a plant that was presumed extinct.
Ilyich