PLANTS Profile for Lagerstroemia indica (crapemyrtle)

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PLANTS Profile

Lagerstroemia indica L.
crapemyrtle


Symbol:		LAIN
Group:		Dicot
Family:		Lythraceae
Growth Habit:		Tree Shrub
Duration:		Perennial
U.S. Nativity:		Introduced

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Plant Images:
Lagerstroemia indica L.

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Plant Distribution by State:
Lagerstroemia indica L.

State Distributional Map for Lagerstroemia indica L.

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Lagerstroemia indica L. occures in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Related Taxa:
Lagerstroemia indica L.

View 12 genera in Lythraceae, 2 species in Lagerstroemia

Classification:
Lagerstroemia indica L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae –
Order	Myrtales –
Family	Lythraceae – Loosestrife family
Genus	Lagerstroemia L. – lagerstroemia
Species	Lagerstroemia indica L. – crapemyrtle

Introduced Information:
Lagerstroemia indica L.

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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Other Species Accounts and Images:
Lagerstroemia indica L.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 27110.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Lagerstroemia indica L.

AL-Plant Identification Resource (Auburn University)

AZ-Pima County Cooperative Extension

MD-Salisbury University Arboretum

MO-Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder

NC-Plant Fact Sheet (NCSU)

TX-TAMU Horticulture

USDA FS Fact Sheet (University of Florida)

VA-Virginia Tech Dendrology

Time Generated: 09/29/2006 05:29 AM MDT