Amsinckia tessellata A. Gray var. tessellata
Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 10: 54. 1875

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Pronunciation	Am-sínck-i-a tes-sel-là-ta var. tes-sel-là-ta
Etymology	after Wilhelm Amsinck (1752-1831), patron of botany and the Botanical Garden in Hamburg + tessellate, patterned like a mosaic, in allusion to the arrangement of protuberances on the back of the nutlets
Synonyms:	Amsinckia brachysantha Suksd., Werdenda 1: 111. 1931 Amsinckia collina Greene, Man. Bot. San Francisco: 262. 1894 Amsinckia conica Suksd., Werdenda 1: 104. 1931 Amsinckia deltoidea Suksd., Werdenda 1: 110. 1931 Amsinckia douglasiana var. elegans (Suksd.) Jeps. & Hoover, W.L.Jepson, Fl. Calif. 3: 321. 1943 Amsinckia dudleyi Suksd., Werdenda 1: 106. 1931 Amsinckia elegans Suksd., Werdenda 1: 103. 1931 Amsinckia macrosepala (M.E.Jones) Suksd., Werdenda 1: 108. 1931 Amsinckia mojavensis Suksd., Werdenda 1: 108. 1931 Amsinckia obliqua Suksd., Werdenda 1: 111. 1931 Amsinckia ovaticarpa Suksd., Werdenda 1: 108. 1931 Amsinckia platycarpa Suksd., Werdenda 1: 106. 1931 Amsinckia pustulata A.Heller, Muhlenbergia 2: 243. 1906 Amsinckia rostellata Suksd., Werdenda 1: 107. 1931 Amsinckia salebrosa Suksd., Werdenda 1: 65. 1931 Amsinckia subintegra Suksd., Werdenda 1: 105. 1931 Amsinckia tessellata A.Gray var. elegans (Suksd.) Hoover, Vasc. Pl. San Luis Obispo Co., Calif.: 245. 1970 Amsinckia tessellata A.Gray var. macrosepala M.E.Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 12: 58. 1908 Amsinckia turrita Suksd., Werdenda 1: 104. 1931
Type:	W. H. Brewer 1119, 19 May 1862, USA: California, Contra Costa County, north of Kirker Pass, Mt. Diablo region       GH00094259

Left: GBIF. 2019. Global Biodiversity Information Facility website http://www.gbif.org [accessed 5 May 2019].
Center: BONAP http://bonap.net/tdc Dark green=present in state; Light green=present in county, not rare[accessed 5 May 2019].
Right: Bajaflora.org website http://www.bajaflora.org [accessed 5 May 2019].


TYPE SPECIMEN:
Amsinckia tessellata
W. H. Brewer 1119, 19 May 1862, USA: California, Contra Costa County, north of Kirker Pass, Mt. Diablo region
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