Amsinckia grandiflora (A.Gray) Kleeberger ex Greene
Man. Bot. San Francisco: 262. 1894

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Pronunciation:
Am-sínck-i-a gran-di-flò-ra
Etymology:
W. Amsinck, patron of Hamburg Botanic Garden, 1752--1831 + "large-flowered"
Synonym(s):
Amsinckia vernicosa Hook. & Arn. var. grandiflora A.Gray, Bot. California 1: 525. 1876 (Basionym)
Type:


Two Isotypes listed on JSTOR:
    Harford, W. G.; Kellogg, A.
, 1868-1869, USA: California, Contra Costa County, Antioch (YU065173)
    A. Kellogg, 1883, USA: California, Contra Costa County, Antioch (K001067019)

Federally Endangered

Jepson eFlora Treatment

Article on Restoration of Amsinckia grandiflora

CNPS California Rare Plant Rank: 1B.1


Distribution of Amsinckia grandiflora:
Left: BONAP’s Taxonomic Data Center (TDC) http://bonap.net/tdc [accessed 27 April 2019].
Right: GBIF. 2017. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Website http://www.gbif.org [accessed 28 March 2019].


Exemplar:

Amsinckia grandiflora
A. Eastwood 5296 & J.T. Howell, 26 April 1938, USA: Alameda Co., Corral Hollow (POM259064)