Geocarpon cumberlandense
| Geocarpon cumberlandense | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Caryophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Geocarpon |
| Species: | G. cumberlandense
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| Binomial name | |
| Geocarpon cumberlandense (B.E.Wofford & Kral) E.E.Schill. (2022)
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Geocarpon cumberlandense is a rare species of flowering plant in the
This is a petite perennial herb forming tufts of stems from threadlike taproots. The green stems reach 15 to 20 centimeters in maximum height. The leaves have shiny green linear or lance-shaped blades up to 3 or 4 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a solitary flower or a cluster of up to three flowers. Each has white petals no more than 6 millimeters long. Flowers bloom in the summer.
Threats to this species include damage to its
The plant was first described to science in 1979 as Arenaria cumberlandensis when specimens once thought to be Geocarpon groenlandicum did not fit its description, or that of any known species.[4] It was renamed Geocarpon cumberlandense in 2022.[1]
References
- ^ a b Geocarpon cumberlandense (Wofford & R.Kral) E.E.Schill. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b NatureServe (2024). "Minuartia cumberlandensis". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ a b Center for Plant Conservation Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wofford, B. E. and R. Kral. (1979). A new Arenaria (Caryophyllaceae) from the Cumberlands of Tennessee. Brittonia 31:2 257.