Paederia foetida

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Family:RUBIACEAE
Species:Paederia foetida L.
Common Name:Skunkvine
Habitat:Climbing to the canopy of wet coastal woods
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Vine
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Skunkvine is an introduced perennial vine in the Madder family (Rubiaceae). It is native from Japan and China to eastern India and south to the Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia. In Alabama it has been collected in the southern half of the state. Skunkvine occurs along fence rows, in urban woodlands, and on other disturbed sites. It is an herbaceous, twining or trailing vine reaching lengths of 30 feet or more. Stems are round in cross section, gray-brown or green in color, and glabrous to pubescent. Leaves are petiolate, opposite or in whorls of 3, elliptic, lanceolate, or ovate in outline, pubescent or glabrous, with entire margins. The leaf base varies from cuneate, rounded, truncate, or cordate. The leaves are slightly leathery in texture, and have an unpleasant odor when crushed. Flowers are sessile to pedicellate in axillary or terminal panicles. The calyx is glabrous to densely puberulent, turbinate to ellipsoid, with 5 deep triangular lobes. The corolla is funnelform to salverform in outline, pubescent to mealy, and white, pink, purple or lilac in color. The fruit is leathery, globose and contains 2-3 seed. Skunkvine is occasionally available from nurseries. It tends to grown rapidly and becomes aggressive with stems that come into contact with the soil rooting. It tolerates a wide range of conditions, and has become invasive in Florida where it smothers native vegetation.— A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:First reported from Baldwin Co by Barger et al (2019) based on a 2018 collection.
Status:Not Native
References:Barger, T.W., A. Cressler, B. Finzel, A. Highland, W.M. Knapp, F. Nation, A.R. Schotz, D.D. Spaulding, and C.T. Taylor. New and noteworthy vascular plants records for Alabama. Phytoneuron 2019-16: 1-7.
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyRUBIACEAE - Madder/Coffee family
Genus Paederia
Species Paederia foetida L. - Skunkvine

Citation

Citation Paederia foetida Linnaeus, Mant. Pl. 1: 52. 1767.
Basionym: **
Type: INDIA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 294.1). Lectotypified by Puff, Opera Bot. Belg. 3: 211. 1991.

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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Baldwin

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: -

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
ALNHS00006136 Baldwin 18 Sep 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4196		 ALNHS
Paederia foetida L.
ALNHS00006430 Baldwin 18 Nov 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4253		 ALNHS
Paederia foetida L.
ALNHS00006431 Baldwin 18 Sep 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4196		 ALNHS
Paederia foetida L.
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