• Source: Govenia floridana

Govenia floridana
Govenia floridana was a perennial herb that grew up to 50 cm (19.5 in) tall. It had only 2 leaves, each with a sheath 3–30 cm (1–12 in) long and an elliptical blade up to 35 cm (14 in) long. Flowers were white with purple spots. It grew in deeply shaded tropical hardwood hammock habitat on the island of Long Pine Key, a 77 km2 (30 sq mi) island in Everglades National Park.




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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Govenia floridana
• Govenia
• List of recently extinct plants
• Tropical hardwood hammock
• List of flora of the Sonoran Desert Region by common name