Lechea lakelae Wilbur (1974:481)
Lakela’s pinweed
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Flora of the Southeastern United States) or Extinct (Knapp et al., 2021; Albani Rocchetti et al., 2022; NatureServe, 2024; POWO, 2024)
Last record: 11 April 1987 (Knapp et al., 2021 [as 1987])
The species was only ever collected four times: 27 September 1964, 7 August 1967, 30 July 1968 and 11 April 1987 (Atlas of Florida Plants). A non-fruiting specimen was collected in 2001, but a positive ID was not possible (NatureServe, 2024).
Distribution
Marco Island, Collier County, Florida, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Knapp, Wesley M., Frances, Anne, Noss, Reed, Naczi, Robert F. C., Weakley, Alan, Gann, George D., Baldwin, Bruce G., Miller, James, McIntyre, Patrick, Mishler, Brent D., Moore, Gerry, Olmstead, Richard G., Strong, Anna, Kennedy, Kathryn, Heidel, Bonnie and Gluesenkamp, Daniel. (2021). Vascular plant extinction in the continental United States and Canada. Conservation Biology 35(1): 360-368. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13621 [Supporting Information (Appendix S1)]
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Wilder and Roche. (2019). A floristic inventory of Marco Island (Collier County), Florida. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3(2): 873-899.
Wunderlin, R. P. (1982). Guide to the vascular plants of central Florida. Univ. Presses Florida, Gainesville. 472 pp.
https://fsus.ncbg.unc.edu/show-taxon-detail.php?taxonid=7650
https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/plant.aspx?id=1101