Govenia floridana explained

Govenia floridana

Govenia floridana was a perennial herb^[1] that grew up to 50round=0.5NaNround=0.5 tall. It had only 2 leaves, each with a sheath 3- long and an elliptical blade up to 35round=0.5NaNround=0.5 long. Flowers were white with purple spots.^[2] It grew in deeply shaded tropical hardwood hammock habitat on the island of Long Pine Key, a island in Everglades National Park.^[3]

External links

• Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
• North American Orchid Conservation Center
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin. www.wildflower.org.
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101643 Flora of North America, Govenia floridana P. M. Brown, 2000.
3. Web site: NatureServe .