Group: Dicot Rank: nothospecies Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 2nd, B, 216

Authors:

Whittemore, Alan Thomas
Schori, Melanie

Published In: Phytotaxa 539(3): 294, fig. 1-14. 2022. (17 Mar. 2022) (Phytotaxa)
Annotation: parents L. fauriei and L. indica

Type-Protologue

Locality: USA. District of Columbia: North of Conifer Road just west of the old gate, Gotelli Dwarf and Low-Growing Conifer Collection, United States National Arboretum; cultivated tree, accession numbers NA 54979-CH, PI 499825, 10 September 2018

Collector and Number: Whittemore 18-027

Institution(s): holotype NA!, isotypes A!, K!, MOR!, TUS!

Note: type was collected from a tree that is an artificial F1 hybrid between L. fauriei and L. indica (Wang et al. 2011). Clonal material of this plant is sometimes sold in nurseries under the cultivar name ‘Apalachee’ crape-myrtle (

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Rosanae Takht.
• order:  Myrtales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  !!Lythraceae J. St.-Hil.
• genus:  Lagerstroemia L.

Hybrid Parents:

• Lagerstroemia indica L.
• Lagerstroemia fauriei Koehne