- Rugelia nudicaulis
Taxobox
name = Rugels ragwort
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Asterales
familia =Asteraceae
tribus =Senecioneae
genus = "Rugelia "
species = "R. nudicaulis"
binomial = "Rugelia nudicaulis"
binomial_authority ="Rugelia nudicaulis", or Rugels ragwort, a member of the genus "
Rugelia " which blooms in summer, is a wildflower found only at higher elevations in theGreat Smoky Mountains . It is a rare species in Tennessee [http://www.state.tn.us/environment/na/pdf/plant_list.pdf ] . It was first placed in the genusSenecio , then moved toCacalia and finally placed in a genus of its ownRugelia . Genetic diversity in this plant, assessed usingallozymes , is so low that the species may not survive changing environmental conditions. [http://jhered.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/86/3/194] [http://www.thedailytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070408/NEWS/704080310]ee also
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Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains
*Genetic diversity References
*Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, Duhl, Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians, Lone Pine Publishing, (2005) p 372, ISBN-13:978-1-55105428-5
External links
* [http://tenn.bio.utk.edu/vascular/database/vascular-browse-common-results.asp?CommonNameID=Rugel's%20ragwort] - University of Tennessee Herbarium
* [http://www.tnps.org/] - Tennessee Native Plant Society
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