Franklinia
The Botanical Explorations of William Bartram in the Southeast
By David H. Rembert, Jr.
This article was presented at the Bartram Trail Conference Symposium in 1991. Dr. Rembert touches upon William Bartram’s most important plant discoveries and explains the reasons for his failure to receive credit for them.

Species List: plants, birds and other animals first described, collected or illustrated by William Bartram during his explorations of the Southeast.

Oakleaf Hydrangea
Flame Azalea
Fraser Magnolia
Flame Azalea
Rhododendron calendulaceum
Fraser Magnolia
Magnolia fraseri
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia
Bottlebrush Buckeye
Rocky Shoals Spider Lily
Fevertree
Rocky Shoals Spider Lily
Hymenocallis coronaria
Bottlebrush Buckeye
Aesculus parviflora
Fevertree
Pinckneya pubens
Tarflower
Florida Sandhill Crane
Gopher Tortoise
Gopher Tortoise
Gopherus polyphaemus
Florida Sandhill Crane
Grus canadensis pratensis
Tarflower
Befaria racemosa
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