Genus: Itea
Itea virginica L. - Sweet-spire
Photo © by Steven Clemants
Taken at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NY, 1999.
Taken at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NY, 1999.
Nomenclature
Itea L., Sp. Pl. 1: 199, 1753. Gen. Pl. 92. 1754. TYPE: Itea virginica L.Key to the species of Itea
List of Itea Species
References to Itea
- Anderson, J. T. et.al. 2009. Limited flooding tolerance of juveniles resticts the distribution of adults in an understory shrub (Itea virginica; Iteaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 96: 1603-1611.
- Bensel, C. R.; Palser, B. F. 1975. Floral anatomy in the Saxifragaceae sensu lato. II. Saxifragoideae and Iteoideae. Amer. J. Bot. 62(7): 661-675.
- Britton, Nathaniel L. 1905. Iteaceae. N. Amer. Fl. 22: 181.
- Clute, W. N. 1925. The Virginia willow. American Botanist 31: 93-94.
- Everett, T. H. 1947. Plant portraits. Gard. Chron. Amer. 51: 246-7, 258.
- Koller, G. L. 1980. Itea: summer flowers and autumn color. Arnoldia (Jamaica Plain) 40: 23-9.
- Morgan, D. R.; Soltis, D. E. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships among members of Saxifragaceae sensu lato based on rbcL sequence data. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80: 631-660.
- Nemirovich Danchenko, E. N. 1994. Morphology and anatomy of seeds in the family Iteaceae. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Lenengrad) 79(9): 28-34. (In Russian; English summary)
- Schoennagel, E. 1931. Chromosomenzahl unf Phylogenie der Saxifragaceen. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 64: 266-88.
- Soltis, D. E. et.al. 1993. Molecular systematics of Saxifragaceae sensu stricto. Amer. J. Bot. 80: 1056-1081.
- Spongberg, S. A. 1972. The genera of Saxifragaceae in the southeastern United States. J. Arnold Arbor. 53: 409-498.