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Accession Data:

Franklinia alatamaha Marshall

  • Common Name: Franklin Tree
  • Family: Theaceae D. Don

  • Country of Origin: Marshall County, Georgia, USA
  • Habitat: acidic bogs at the heads of sand-hill branches along Alatamaha River

  • Description: Multi-stemmed deciduous shrub or small tree with large white flowers; discovered in Georgia, USA in the 1700's and brought into cultivation at that time, it has not been seen in the wild since 1803 and is apparently extinct in the wild.
  • USDA Zone: 6a-9b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200900029
  • Source: Seed from North Carolina Arboretum
  • Accession Date: 03-24-2009
  • Bench: 2308 - Nearctic
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-22-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species - Extinct in the Wild

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: asterids
  • Order: Ericales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Theaceae
  • SubFamily: Larinae
  • Tribe: Gordonieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

References (internal):

  • IUCN Redlist Extinct in the Wild
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Georgia

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, May 08, 2017.
  2. Franklinia alatamaha at IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Monday, May 08, 2017.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Francine Riez (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 25, 2017.
  4. In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Thursday, 03 October, 2019.

data regenerated on Sat, 05 Oct 2024 12:01:55 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Franklinia alatamaha

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Current Accessions in the Theaceae

Subfamily Larinae
Tribe Gordonieae

  • Franklinia alatamaha

Subfamily Theeae

  • Camellia lutchuensis
  • Camellia sinensis
W/C = Wild Collected
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