Stillingia aquatica, known as water toothleaf and corkwood, is a flowering shrub in the genus Stillingia that grows in the Southeastern United States in parts of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and South Carolina.[1] It is in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae.[2][3] Stillingia aquatica was described by Alvan Wentworth Chapman in 1860.[4]
| Stillingia aquatica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Stillingia |
| Species: | S. aquatica
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| Binomial name | |
| Stillingia aquatica | |
References
edit- ^ "Stillingia aquatica Chapm". itis.gov. Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ "Plants Profile for Stillingia aquatica (water toothleaf)". plants.usda.gov. USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service.
- ^ Hill, Hawthorn (28 November 2017). "Native Florida Wildflowers: Corkwood - Stillingia aquatica".
- ^ "Stillingia aquatica Chapm". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2018-11-18.