Pattalias palustris is a plant species in the family Apocynaceae, also known as Gulf Coast swallow wort.[2] It is native to the southeastern United States from North Carolina to Texas, and to Mexico, Belize, Cuba, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Cayman Islands.[1]

Pattalias palustris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Pattalias
Species:
P. palustris
Binomial name
Pattalias palustris
(Pursh) Fishbein (2017)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amphistelma salinarum C.Wright ex Griseb. (1866)
  • Ceropegia palustris Pursh (1813)
  • Cynanchum angustifolium Pers. (1805)
  • Cynanchum palustre (Pursh) A.Heller (1898)
  • Cynanchum salinarum (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Alain (1955)
  • Cynoctonum angustifolium (Pers.) Small (1896)
  • Funastrum angustifolium (Pers.) Liede & Meve (2002 publ. 2003)
  • Lyonia maritima Elliott (1817), nom. superfl.
  • Lyonia palustris (Pursh) Small (1913)
  • Macbridea maritima Raf. (1818), nom. superfl.
  • Metastelma palustre (Pursh) Schltr. (1899)
  • Metastelma salinarum (C.Wright ex Griseb.) C.Wright (1870)
  • Seutera angustifolia (Pers.) Fishbein & W.D.Stevens (2005)
  • Seutera maritima Decne. (1844), nom. superfl.
  • Seutera palustris (Pursh) Vail (1903)
  • Vincetoxicum palustre (Pursh) A.Gray (1878)
  • Vincetoxicum salinarum (C.Wright ex Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks. (1895)

A perennial vine, it is found in areas of dunes, salt marsh, and coastal hammock within Florida and Alabama.[3]

It was originally known as Cynanchum angustifolium and subsequently known as Seutera angustifolia before it was reclassified as Pattalias palustris by Fishbein in 2017.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Pattalias palustris (Pursh) Fishbein. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Pattalias palustre - Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants.
  3. ^ a b "Pattalias palustre - Species Page - APA: Alabama Plant Atlas". www.floraofalabama.org.