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ANEWSPECIESOFPTILIMNIUM(APIACEAE) FROMTHEATLANTICCOAST AlanS.Weakley GuyL.Nesom UniversityofNorthCarolinaIHerbariunn(NCU) BotanicalResearchInstituteofTexas(BRIT) NorthCarolinaBotanicalGarden 509PecanStreet CokerHall,CB3280 FortWorth,Texas76102-4060,U.S.A. UniversityofNorthCarolina ChapelHill,NorthCarolina27599-3280,U.S.A. ABSTRACT PtilimniumahlesiiWeakley&Nesom,sp.nov.,isdescribed[romlocalitiesineightcountiesofNorth Carolina,SouthCarolina,andGeorgiaintidalfreshwatermarsheswithin20milesoftheAtlantic coast.ThespecieshasbeenpreviouslyidentifiedasPcapillaceumbutdiffersfromthelatterinits conspicuouslylargeovariesandfruits,whichatmaturityare2.7-4.2mmlongand1,8-2.2mmwide (vs1.4-2.5mmlongand0.8-1.2mmwideinP.capillaceum),initsless-dividedleaves,andinitsin- florescenceswithfewerumbelletsperumbelandfewerflowersperumbellet.Thenewspeciesalso flowersandfruitsearlierthanPcapillaceum(May-earlyJune,lateMay-July,vs.midJune-earlyAu- gust,July-September,respectively).Ptilinmiumahlesiiisrareandrestrictedtofreshwaterorslightly brackishmarshes,whilePcapillaceumhasawidergeographicrangeandecologicaltolerance,but thetwospeciesgrowincloseproximityintheirareaofsympatry. RESUMEN SedescribePtilimniumahlesiiWeakley&Nesom,sp.nov,devariaslocalidadesenochocondadosde Carolinadelnorte,CarolinadelSuryGeorgiaenhordesdecharcasdeaguadulceenunabandade20 dmiiflilearseedenelsatcaopsotralaotslaonvtairciao.sLyafersupteocsicelhaarasmiednoteprmeavsiagmreanntdeesi,dqeunteiefniclaadmaacdoumroezP.tciaepnienll2a.c7e-4u,m2pmermo delongitudy1.8-2.2mmdeanchura(contra1,4-2.5mmdelongitudy0.8-1.2mmdeanchuraenP. capillaceum),porsushojasmenosdivididas,yporsusinflorescenciasconmenosumbelulaspor umbelaymenosfloresporumbelula.LanuevaespecietambienfforeceantesquePcapillaceum (principiosdemayo-Junio,finalesdemayo-julio,vs.mediadosdejumo-principiosdeagosto,julio- septiembre,respectivamente).Plilimniumahlesiiesrarayrestringidaacharcasdeaguadulceo ligeramentesalobres,mientrasquePcapillaceumtieneunrangogeograficoytoleranciaecologica masamplia,perolasdosespeciescrecenmuyproximasensuareadesimpatria. Anexceptionallylarge-fruitedformofPtilimniumhasbeenobservedandcol- lectedincoastalcountiesofNorthCarolina,SouthCarolina,andGeorgia(Figs. 1,2,and3).ThisplantapparentlydrewtheattentionofthelateHarryE.Ahles, thenworkingattheUniversityofNorthCarolinaHerbarium(NCU),andspeci- mensatNCUincludeannotationsinhishandindicatinghisopinionthatthey representedanundescribedspeciestobenamed"Pmacrospermum.'"IntheCaro- linas"Guide"(Radfordetal.1964),theseplantswereincludedinthekeyand speciessummariesas"PtilimniummacrospermumAhles."Thefollowingyear, itwasmappedintheCarolinas"Atlas"inBrunswick,NewHanover,andPender SIDA21(2):743-752.2004 744 BRIT.ORG/SIDA21(2) counties,NorthCarolina,andGeorgetownandJaspercounties,SouthCarohna (Radfordetal.1965).Threeyearslater,inthefirstprintingoftheCarolinas "Manual,"thisentitywasplacedasasynonymofP.capillaceum(Michx.)Raf. withthenotationthatthenamewas"anomennudum"attributedtoAhles,but wasconfusinglyincludedinthekeyas"P.macrospermum"(Bell1968,inRad- fordetal.);inlaterprintingsitwasalsoremovedfromthekey,presumablycon- firmingtheintentofBellnottoincludethetaxon.Bell(pers.comm.,June2004) statesthathewasuncertainofthetaxonomicdistinctivenessofthetaxon,be- causeofthepaucityoiherbariummaterialavailable,andasithadnotbeen validlypublishedhedecidednottoincludeitinthe"Manual"(seeSorrie1997 forexamplesolotherunpublishednamesbyAhles). Thenameinsimilarformhasresurtacedinawidelyuseddatabase(Kartesz 1999),as"PtilimniummacrospermumKartesz,sp.novined."Additionally,the taxonhasbeenconsideredtobeofconservationconcernbythenetworkof NaturalHeritageProgramsandhasbeentrackedasararespeciesunderthe unofficialname"Ptilimniumsp.FinNorthCarolinaandGeorgia(Franklin 2004,GeorgiaNaturalHeritageProgram2004).Thepotentialconservation importanceoftheputativetaxondemandsthatthistaxonomicandnomencla- turalconfusionberesolved,andthespecieshasbeenthesubjectoffieldand herbariumstudybytheauthorssince1990.Withtheseadditionalobservations, weconcludethatthisplantisadistinctiveandundescribedspecies.Weare pleasedtoprovideitwithavalidname,allowingittoproceedinpolitecom- pany,ratherthanunderatwice-nakednameCPtilimniummacrospermum"),a non-name("Ptilimniumsp.1"),orinappropriatelyignoredunderPtilimnium capillaceum(Michx.)Raf.Thenewepithetvalidatedherehonorstheoriginal insightofHarryE.Ahlesregardmgthis,aswellashisgeneralcontributionsto theunderstandingofthefloraoftheCarolinasthroughhisvoraciouscollecting. PtilimniumahlesiiWeakley&Nesom,sp.nov.(Figs.1-3).J\ni:NORTHCAROLINA, BrunswickCo.:tidalIreshwatermarsholtheBrunswickRiver,justV.oftheBrunswickRiver andjustNoltheUS74-76causeway,ca.2miVv'ofWihuington,growingwithTypha angustiJolia,Carexhyalinolepis,Fonledenciiordata,PcnUindravirginica,SagiUarialanciJolia, RumexverliciUatus.andraxodiumdistichum,34'14'04.7"N,77"5Q'05.7"(NAD83),ManS. Wcakky7317andRichard].I.eBlond,lOJun2004(holotypk:NCU,iS0TYi>iiS:BRIT,CLEMS, Gl\,MO,NY,TEX,UGA,US,USCH. Ptilimniocapillaceo(Mich.\,)Ral.siniihsbracteisinvolucraiibusdivisis,ramisbrevibusstyli,ctcostis l5-a8t(e-r]a3h)bupserIruumcbteulslvaaml,defelvoorliubtuiss,5~s8edpedritulemrbtelloliiuilsadim,viIsriuocntiibbuuss2m-a3jo(vreirbsuuss(\2).7p-e4r.n2omdmumi,oungmibselvleurlsiuss 1.4-2.5mm),geographicaachabitationemultomagisrestrictis,ettemporepraecociilorendiac fructilicandi. Annual,glabrous,caulescentherbsfromashortsystemoffibrousroots,the stemserect,4-13dmtall,unbranchedorinvigorousindividualsbranching abovemid-stem.Lowerstemleaves(oftenwitheredbyanthesis)phyllodial(re- WEAKLEYANDNESOM,ANEWSPECIESOFPTILIMNIUM 745 M')^ ^^ ^\£c "^.^^^ ^sf^^i#^ 1 ! i »'1S''^^'Wisll&^t^m^l^d^^^111^o/'lfi^^SSmiLf^ ^^%^m^ m-1^*kH-- *J^-F^^^fi^S^^^^^f§*M^tf~n^^M©^^^^^^f^cj-v^-U~'^"«'rVAn^lULL~^-/f^S^^~^^S'Tf^^r^et*SS|^w^^Qb^^™-jHg^-ET/oi^'yj'. jii<i1 f / ^^^^3^^>r \ I111111 i(J i*!7ij*l-5si-fj_^¥^v'(*^^-%fjt^^"^^-""^^^^vr^^^y.%"^^j-rim/^oyli4S^B^^S^^m^fMP^cf[^th^"tiB^aHiAmy^M^^/.#^ §=3-——'<D-0i \c ^L -W^kLL'^ ^/^^C>a^^L^rP^thVElTK"j^*gSSil?^^^-'^y^^^^y,v^^>^T\lr/^3^?^V^ i1S^1-:--C6"'v- V : j &^^ i I 1 ^ 1 1 Nf JOJ ^' Fig.1.HolotypeofPtilimniumablesii.Notethenearlyphyllodiallowerstemleaves,thebroadenedsegmentsofthemid- caulineleaves,andthelargefruits(notfullymature). 746 BRIT.ORG/SIDA21(2) 1cm 2 3 4 5 6 I Fig.2.InflorescenceofPtilmniumahlesii(fromanisotype).Notethelargefruits,thedividedinvolucralbracts,andthe fewumbellets/umbelandfewflowers/umbellet(ascomparedtoP.capillaceum) ducedtothehollowrachisandlackinglateralsegments,thuscloselyresem- pbihnnngatteh,etqhueilsle-glmeeavnetsso(fwPh.efnluvpiraetsiekn,t)P.Fnlaotdtoesnuedn,%taon2dmP.mviwviidpea;rummi)d-toasnndnpulpy- per-stemleavespinnatelydecompound,3-21cmlong,thesegmentsliliiormto distinctlytlattened,with2-3divisionsatprimarynodesontherachis;petioles 3-25mmlong,broadlywinged,ca5-ribbed.Inflorescenceumbellate,distinctly andirregularlyflat-topped(theraysvariableinlength),once-compound,the umbelsterminalandaxillaryontheupperhalfofthestem,peduncles5-14cm WEAKLEYANDNESOM,ANEWSPECIESOFPTILIMNIUM 747 1cm Fig.3.Fruits(nearlybutnotfullymature)oiPtilimniumahlesii,iromanisotype. 748 BRIT.ORG/SIDA21(2) long;primaryrays5-13,5-35mmlong,pedicels(2-)4-10,(3-)5-10mmlong; involucreoflinearbracts,entireor3-parted;involuceloflinearbracts.Calyx teethdeltoid,acutetosubacuminate,persistent;petalswhite,obovate,0.6-0.8 mmlong;stylopodiumconic,thestylesmostlyslightlyshorterthanthesty- lopodium,ascendingtoerect-ascendingorwidelyspreading;antherslightpur- plish.Carpophorebifidattheapex.Fruitelliptic-ovoid,slightlycompressed laterally,2.7-3.5mmlong,1.8-2.2mmwide,themericarpslooselyconnateand usuallyseparatedatmaturity;dorsalribs3,narrowandsharp-edged,thelat- eralribssimilarbutwithabroad,rounded,corky-thickenedextension,theex- tensionsoftheadjacentmericarpsconnateandformingabroad,conspicuous bandaroundthefruit;oiltubesdarkrusty-brown.Intidalfreshwatermarshes; floweringMaytoearlyJune,fruitinglateMaytoJuly. Collectionsexamined.UNITEDSTATES.GEORGIA,ChathamCo.:SavannahNationalWildliicRef- uge,alongHwy17,fresh-wateririarsh,14Jul1966.Bozcman6100(NCU,distributedas"PtiUmnium macwspermumAhles").NORTHCAROLINA.BrunswickCo.:Wilmington,Jun18^^)8,A.sfu'S.n.(NCU). NewHanoverCo.:1miNofUSUonWnghtsboroRoad,marsh,2Jun1949,Radford4,3.5.3(NCU); brackishmarshontheCapeFearRiveronUS17,29Jun1963,Ahks58397(NCU)PenderCo.:swamp SonOUNoTrHtheCaAsRtOCLaIpNeA.FeBacrauRfiovreirnCeoa.r:R0.o5cmkyiPWomotf-CHoa.mRposatdea11d1RoonadC,o.fJRuonad195330,,cRaatd-ftaoirlds5w14a2m(pNCnUe)a.r Trichinhami'laniation,27Jun1956,Bell.1767(NCU).BerkeleyCo.:CooperRiveratthemouthof DurhamCreek,lowsalinity,7Jun1990,McAninch2.3(NCU).Colle«onCo.:1.4miNEofAshepooon USHwy17,swamp,26Jun1956,Bell3703(NCU).GeorgetownCo.:tidalmarshofBaruchPlantation, 20Jun1967,Barry103(USCH);BaruchPlantation,fresh-watermarshaffectedbytidalaction,17Jun (1WmU9i6S9oCW,fFlGB)oea;fotoIrscnogctneartas.osci.wono.anns(,atUlafSlirCneWHss)ahu;t-nwenBaryatwersarupycomhta1sr6PsilMnhaa,nwyte1at31t9Jis9ouw0nn,a,1mNs9epl5l7oys,uowgRnohao9ddi0fns2o,4rfdWr(e2Us5Sshi1Cwd3Hae9)to,e(frNSSCamoUmau)prt.ishthI,Rsil2av7nedrJuRnnoeaa1rd96U(9SS,-11B87a)At.asbo9o,n5utsm.in4. Relationshipswithinthegenus PtiUmniumisarelativelysmallgenuscenteredinthesoutheasternandsouth- centralUnitedStates.Thefivetosevenspeciesareseparableintosubgroupson thebasisofdifferencesinmorphologyandchromosomenumber,althoughap- parentdysploiddifferencesinchromosomenumbersuggestthatthesituation maybemorecomplexthanthecurrentassessmentallows.Plantswithleaves reducedtoawingedpetioleandextendedrachis(withlateralsegmentssup- pressed,thestructuressometimesreferredtoas"phyllodia")arediploidsbased onx=6(2n=12;Easterly1957;Bell&Constance1960).Theseplantshavebeen regardedascomprisingfromonetothreespecies,P.nodosum(Rose)Mathias,R viviparum(Rose)Mathias,andP/luviatile(Rose)Mathias)(Krai1981;Kressetal. 1994;Bartgis1997);theappropriatetaxonomicdispositionremainsunclearand isunderadditionalstudyPti/imniumcostatum(Ell.)Raf.hasdistinctlypetiolate leaveswithshort,crowded,verticillatesegments,longstyles,andatetraploid chromosomecomplementbasedonx=8(In=32;Easterly1957).Onepopulation ofP.costatumfromIllinoishasbeencountedas2n=22(Bell&Constance1960), thisperhapsatetraploid(x=6,2n=24)havinglostonepairofchromosomes. WEAKLEYANDNESOM,ANEWSPECIESOEPTILIMNIUM 749 Ptilimniumahlesii,P.capillaceum,andP.nuttalliiaresimilarintheirrela- tivelyshortstyles(shorterthanorequallingthestylopodia)andprimarilydip- loidchromosomenumberbasedonx=7(2n=14;Easterly1957,BellandCon- stance1960).Tetraploidplants(2n=28)ofP.capillaceumwerereportedby Easterly(1957)fromcentralGeorgia(UnadillaCounty).Thesewerefoundap- parentlyintermixedwithdiploidplantsofthesamespeciesandwithplantsof P.nodosum"nearbymthesameditch."Easterlydidnotcommentonanymor- phologicaldifferencebetween theconspecificdiploidsandtetraploids.One populationofP.capillaceumfromFloridahasbeencountedas2n=16(Con- stanceetal.1976).ItisnotablethatthebasalandlowerstemleavesofP.ahlesii, producedinthespringandtypicallywitheringpriortofloweringandfruiting, havefewtonoleaflets,andthereforecloselyresemblethereduced"quillleaves" ofthe"Harperella"groupofPtilimnium(P.Jluviatile,P.nodosum,andP viviparum).ThissupportsthebroadercircmnscriptionofPtilimniumasin- cludingHarperellaRosethathasbeengenerallyfollowedinrecentdecades. PtilimniumtexenseCoulter&Rosewasoriginallydescribedasaspecies (Coulter&Rose1909)butlater(Mathias&Constance1944-45;Eastedy1957) interpretedtobeofhybridoriginandofintermediatemorphologybetweenP capillaceumandPnuttallii.Thisinterpretationhasbeenacceptedandrepeated bysubsequentworkers(e.g.,Correll&Johnston1970;Correll&Correll1972), althoughMathias&Constance(1961)placeditinsynonymy,withoutcomment, underPcostatum.StudyofPtilimniumcollectionsatLL,TEXshowsonlya singleentityinTexas(interpretedhereasPcostatum)otherthanPcapillaceum andPnuttallii. InthefreshwatertidalmarsheswestofWilmington,NorthCarolina,three speciesofPtilimniumgrowincloseproximitytooneanother;Ptilimnium ahlesii,P.capillaceum,andPcostatum.Theyaremorphologicallydistinctive; nointermediateshavebeenseen.Observationsoverthepastdecadeturther suggestthatthefloweringtimesofthethreespeciesarelargelyorcompletely non-overlapping,withPahlesiifloweringfirst(Maytoearlyjune),followedby Pcapillaceum(mid-JunetoeadyAugust),andthenPcostatum(lateJulyto August).Thephenologicseparationprovidesadditionalevidencecorroborat- ingthestatusofPahlesiiasadistincttaxonandnotmerelyalarge-fruited formofPcapillaceum. Ofitsclosestrelatives,Ptilimniumahle.siiismostsimilartoPcapiHaceum, particularlyinitsdividedinvolucralbracts,minutecalyxteeth,dorsalfruit ribsnarrowerthantheintervals,andlateralribswithexpanded,corkymar- ginsencirclingthefruitlikeaband(Pcostatumalsosharesthedistinctivefruit morphology).Thetwospeciesareseparatedbythefollowingcontrasts(andsee Figs.1and2). 1. Maturefruitelliptic-ovate,2.7-4.2mmlong,1.8-2.2mmwide;umbelsflat-topped, irregular,theraysvariableinlengtii;umbellets5-8(-l3)perumbel,therays5-35 750 BRIT.ORG/SIDA21(2) runswicki^ Fig.4.Mapofdocumentedcountydistribution(in,fromnorthtosouth,NorthCarolina,SouthCarolina,andGeorgia)of Ptilimniumahlesii. mmlong;flowers5-8perumbellet;petals0.6-0.8mmlong;leafsegmentsofmid- stemleaves15-30(-40),capillarytolinear,0.5-2.0mmwide;floweringMay-early June,fruitinglateMay-July;tidalfreshwatermarshes,rareinNorthCarolina,South Carolina,andGeorgia Ptilimniumahlesii 1. Maturefruitovatetoorbicular,1.4-2.5mmlong,0.8-1.2mmwide;umbelsgener- p(ale5lt-ya)lr9s-o2uO.n1.dp3ee-0rd.6utmombehmle,miltsohnpegh;rearlyiescaf5,-st2he1egmmreamnystlsgoenongfe;rfmalilodlwy-ersnsteeaumrsulaylleelayqvue1aslo5ri0nmolorernemgotprhe;er,uumcmabbpeeillllllaeerttys;, usuallylessthan0.5mmwide(exceptinsubmersedleaves);floweringJune-Au- gust,fruitingJuly-September;ditches,marshes,otherwetplaces;commonandwide- spreadineasternNorthAmerica,rangingfromMassachussettsandNewYorkto MissouriandKansas,southtoFloridaandTexas Ptilimniumcapillaceum Descriptionsbyvariousauthors(e.g.,Fernald1950;MathiasandConstance1944- 45;Easterly1957)ofP.capillaceumwithfruitlongerthan3mmalmostcertainly iofncNlCudUedcoolblseecrtviaotnisoonfsPo.fahPl.eashiilesaisi.PAcnanpoitlaltaicoenusmbaypbpoetahrCtooncsotnafnicremathnids.EAassstoecril-y atedwiththesmallernumberofumbelletsandflowersbornebyPahlesii,as notedinthekey,plantsproduceabout45-70flowers/fruitsperinflorescence, comparedtothoseoiPcapillaceum,whichusuallyproduceover100.Depauper- ateplantsofPcapillaceum,however,canhavereducedinflorescences. . 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