Amsinckia spectabilis

Amsinckia spectabilis Fischer & C.A.Meyer

Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 2: 26 (1836)?
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Pronunciation:
 Am-sínck-i-a spec-tá-bi-lis
Etymology:
 W. Amsinck, patron of Hamburg Botanic Garden, 1752--1831 + spectacular
Synonyms            
(chronological order):

Lithospermum lycopsoides Lehm., Nov. Stirp. Pug. 2: 28 (1830) [Note: This is not the basionym of A. lycopsoides Lindl. ex Lehm.]
Amsinckia lycopsoides Lindl. ex Lehm. var. bracteosa A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2(1): 198 (1878)
Amsinckia maritima Eastw., Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 110 (1897)
Benthamia spectabilis (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Druce, List Brit. Pl.: 103 (1908)
Amsinckia nigricans Brand, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 319 (1924)
Amsinckia acuminata Suksd., Werdenda 1: 96 (1931)
Amsinckia celsa Suksd., Werdenda 1: 97 (1931)
Amsinckia constricta Suksd., Werdenda 1: 98 (1931)
Amsinckia davyi Suksd., Werdenda 1: 101 (1931)
Amsinckia dimorpha Suksd., Werdenda 1: 95 (1931)
Amsinckia divaricata Suksd., Werdenda 1: 97 (1931)
Amsinckia fulgens Suksd., Werdenda 1: 98 (1931)
Amsinckia granulosa Suksd., Werdenda 1: 98 (1931)
Amsinckia inflatula Suksd., Werdenda 1: 97 (1931)
Amsinckia kelloggii Suksd., Werdenda 1: 99 (1931)
Amsinckia kelloggii Suksd. Werdenda 1: 99 (1931)
Amsinckia latifolia Suksd., Werdenda 1: 101 (1931)
Amsinckia leptosperma Suksd., Werdenda 1: 100 (1931)
Amsinckia littoralis Greene ex Suksd., Werdenda 1: 99 (1931)
Amsinckia maculata Suksd., Werdenda 1: 99 (1931)
Amsinckia mathewsii Suksd., Werdenda 1: 99 (1931)
Amsinckia microsperma Suksd., Werdenda 1: 100 (1931)
Amsinckia oblongifolia Suksd., Werdenda 1: 98 (1931)
Amsinckia ovata Suksd., Werdenda 1: 95 (1931)
Amsinckia truncata Suksd., Werdenda 1: 96 (1931)
Amsinckia spectabilis var. bracteosa (A.Gray) B.Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 93: 1059 (1966)

Type:

 Collector unknown, USA
      Isotype: CAS0026959

Distribution:
Amsinckia spectabilis distribution map
LEFT: Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. Taxonomic Data Center (http://bonap.net/tdc), Chapel Hill, N.C.
[maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)]
COLOR KEY: Dark green=present in state; Light green=present in county, not rare. Yellow=present in county, rare. Accessed 1 May 2019.


Key to subspecies:
Stem erect; calyx lobes not fused above base; nutlet 1–1.5 mm; heterostylous ..... var. microcarpa
Stem generally decumbent; calyx lobes generally 2–3, ± 1/2-fused; nutlet 1.5–2 mm; heterostylous or homostylous ..... var. spectabilis



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