Rhodotypos scandens

Classification	Dicots
Family	Rosaceae
Family (Traditional)	Rosaceae
Genus	Rhodotypos
Species:	Rhodotypos scandens (Thunb.) Makino
Common Name	Jetbead
Growth Habit	shrub
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: Yes; Woody Herbaceous: Woody; Natural Area Presence: TRG; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: shrub; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: Asia; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: doubly serrate; Leaflet Margins: serrulate; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Drupe; Fruit Wet/Dry: Wet; Hypanthium Present: Yes; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: No; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 3; Sepal Fusion: No; Sepal Number: 5; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 13+
C value	N/A
Status	Not Native; KY[SNA] (State Rank); GNR (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

State Boundaries
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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

Synonym	Full Citation
Corchorus scandens	Corchorus scandens Thunb.
Kerria tetrapetala	Kerria tetrapetala Siebold
Rhodotypos kerrioides	Rhodotypos kerrioides
Rhodotypos tetrapetala	Rhodotypos tetrapetala

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Bell (KY), Campbell (KY), Franklin (KY), Garrard (KY), Jefferson (KY), Kenton (KY), Logan (KY), Madison (KY), Carter (TN), Hamilton (TN), Knox (TN), Stewart (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, KNK, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1975 - 2012

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100629904	Franklin	Kentucky	21 Apr 2006	B. Yahn	EKY Rhodotypos scandens
31973000018479	Kenton	Kentucky			KNK Rhodotypos scandens
TENN-V-0116844	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Rhodotypos scandens
TENN-V-0116851	Stewart	Tennessee			TENN Rhodotypos scandens
TENN-V-0116850		Tennessee			TENN Rhodotypos scandens
31234100629920	Jefferson	Kentucky	12 Apr 2006	Patricia D. Haragan 795	EKY Rhodotypos scandens
31973000018480	Campbell	Kentucky			KNK Rhodotypos scandens
UCHT015173	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Rhodotypos scandens
APSC0005047	Stewart	Tennessee	10 Apr 2005	Edward W. Chester 14685	APSC Rhodotypos scandens
APSC0104943	Jefferson	Kentucky			APSC Rhodotypos scandens
APSC0097592	Jefferson	Kentucky			APSC Rhodotypos scandens
APSC0104941	Jefferson	Kentucky			APSC Rhodotypos scandens
31234100629912	Garrard	Kentucky	21 Sep 2011	W. W. Overbeck 1542	EKY Rhodotypos scandens
TENN-V-0116849	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Rhodotypos scandens
BEREA021092	Bell	Kentucky			BEREA Rhodotypos scandens
31973000018477	Campbell	Kentucky			KNK Rhodotypos scandens
APSC0005045	Knox	Tennessee	12 Apr 1988	Richard K. Clements 907	APSC Rhodotypos tetrapetala
APSC0005043	Stewart	Tennessee	03 Sep 2008	Edward W. Chester 14773	APSC Rhodotypos scandens
31234100629938	Jefferson	Kentucky	10 Apr 2006	Patricia D. Haragan 920	EKY Rhodotypos scandens
BEREA023632	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Rhodotypos scandens
TENN-V-0116848	Knox	Tennessee			TENN Rhodotypos tetrapetala
TENN-V-0116845	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Rhodotypos scandens
TENN-V-0116846	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Rhodotypos tetrapetala
APSC0077429	Jefferson	Kentucky	19 May 1984	Max Medley	APSC Rhodotypos scandens
APSC0104942	Jefferson	Kentucky			APSC Rhodotypos scandens
31234100629946	Logan	Kentucky	16 Apr 2004	Edward W. Chester 14623	EKY Rhodotypos scandens
31234100629953	Madison	Kentucky	29 Apr 1975	Richard Hines	EKY Rhodotypos scandens
BEREA021093	Madison	Kentucky			BEREA Rhodotypos scandens
31973000018478	Bell	Kentucky			KNK Rhodotypos scandens
APSC0074776	Jefferson	Kentucky	22 Sep 1986	Max Medley	APSC Rhodotypos scandens
ETSU024936	Carter	Tennessee	01 Apr 2012	Frosty Levy	ETSU Rhodotypos scandens

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