Curtiss' Hoary-Pea

(Tephrosia angustissima var. curtissii)

*Species description adapted from NatureServe: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. 2000. Version 1.0.  Arlington (VA): Association for Biodiversity Information. Available: http://www.natureserve.org/.  (Accessed: October 31, 2000).

FAMILY:

Fabaceae (Pea Family)

RANKS:

G1Q/S1/T1: both species angustissima and variety curtissii are critically imperiled.  Distinctiveness of this entity as a taxon at the current level is questionable; resolution of this uncertainty may result in change from a species to a subspecies or hybrid, or inclusion of this taxon in another taxon, with the resulting taxon having a lower-priority (numerically higher) conservation status rank.

RANK REASONS:

Endemic variety known only along coast from Brevard to Palm Beach counties and inland to Hendry County, Florida.

LEGAL STATUS:

• U.S.--None
• Florida--Endangered

HABITAT:

Coastal strand, beach dunes, pine rockland, and ruderal areas (Coile, 1998).

REFERENCES:

1. Isley, D.  1982.  New combinations and one new variety among the genera Indigofera, Robinia, and Tephrosia (Leguminosae).  Brittonia 34:339-341.
2. Isely, D.  1990.  Vascular flora of the southeastern United States.  Vol. 3, Part 2, Leguminosae (Fabaceae).  University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill.  258 pp.
3. Kartesz, J. T.  1993.  Species distribution data for vascular plants of 70 geographical areas, from unpublished data files at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, July, 1993.
4. Kartesz, J. T.  1994.  A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the U.S., Canada, and Greenland.  2nd edition.  2 vols.  Timber Press, Portland, OR.
5. Kartesz, J. T.  1996.  Species distribution data at state and province level for vascular plant taxa of the United States, Canada, and Greenland (accepted records), from unpublished data files at the North Carolina Botanical Garden, December, 1996.