Lophiola is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants native to eastern North America. It has variously been placed in the Liliaceae, the Haemodoraceae, the Tecophilaeaceae or the Nartheciaceae.[2][3][4][1]
- Lophiola aurea Ker Gawl. - southeastern United States from Louisiana to North Carolina; also isolated populations in Delaware, New Jersey, and Nova Scotia[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Dioscoreales |
| Family: | Nartheciaceae |
| Genus: | Lophiola Ker Gawl. |
| Species: | L. aurea
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| Lophiola aurea Ker Gawl.
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Fernald (1921)[6] recommended recognizing three species, separating the Nova Scotia populations as L. septentrionalis and the New Jersey-Delaware material as L. americana. More recent investigations, however, have suggested that the group be regarded as one species.[7][2]
Lophiola aurea is found in wet locations at elevations less than 100 m. It is a perennial herb up to 90 cm tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. It has yellow flowers about 10 mm across, and dry capsules about 4 mm in diameter.[3][8][9] Goldencrest is a common name.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b Ker Gawler, John Bellenden 1813. Botanical Magazine 39: plate 1596 and 2 subsequent text pages full-page color illustration by Sydenham Edwards, descriptions in Latin and English
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ a b "Lophiola in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
- ^ Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Program) 2013 county distribution map, Lophiola aurea
- ^ Fernald, M. L. 1921. The Gray Herbarium expedition to Nova Scotia, 1920. Rhodora 23: 153–171, 223–245.
- ^ Zavada, M., Zu X. L., and J. M. Edwards. 1983. On the taxonomic status of Lophiola aurea Ker-Gawler. Rhodora 85: 73–81
- ^ Gleason, H. A. & A.J. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (ed. 2) i–910. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx.
- ^ Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
- ^ NRCS. "Lophiola aurea". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 June 2015.
