Viburnum bracteatum

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Dipsacales

Familia: Adoxaceae
Genus: Viburnum
Species: Viburnum bracteatum
Name

Viburnum bracteatum Rehder
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
USA (Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Rehder, A., Trees & Shrubs 1:135, t. 68. 1903
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Viburnum bracteatum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Viburnum bracteatum. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 29 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Viburnum bracteatum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 29.
Tropicos.org 2018. Viburnum bracteatum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 29.

Vernacular names
English: bracted arrowwood

Viburnum bracteatum is a species of flowering plant in the Adoxaceae known by the common names bracted arrowwood and limerock arrowwood. It is native to the southeastern United States, where it is limited to Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee.[1] Some authors include Viburnum ozarkense in this species, which would expand its distribution westward.[2] Other authors include V. ozarkense in Viburnum molle, or retain it as a distinct species.[3]

Viburnum bracteatum is a deciduous shrub with spreading and arching branches reaching up to 3 meters tall. The bark is smooth and gray in color. The oppositely arranged leaves have blades up to 12 centimeters long. They have toothed edges, with about one tooth per centimeter. The blades are borne on short petioles. The inflorescence is 4 to 6 centimeters wide with conspicuous bracts at the base. The flower has a circular corolla of five white petals about 8 millimeters across and five stamens tipped with yellow anthers. The fruit is a bluish black drupe about a centimeter wide. The fruits are eaten by birds, small mammals, and deer.[4]

This plant grows in wooded areas with limestone substrates. The overstory includes several types of oak and Carya ovata var. australis.[4]

There are about eleven occurrences of this rare plant, but only five are considered to be viable. It is threatened by limestone mining. This activity has destroyed or partially destroyed populations in the past.[1][4]
References

Viburnum bracteatum. Archived October 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Center for Plant Conservation.
Estes, D. (2010). Viburnum bracteatum (Adoxaceae) expanded to include Viburnum ozarkense. Castanea 75(2) 277-93.
Weckman, T. J. (2002). Reinstatement of Viburnum ozarkense (Caprifoliaceae): An endemic taxon of the interior highlands of Arkansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.[permanent dead link] Sida 20(2) 849-60.
Viburnum bracteatum. NatureServe.