Pronunciation/Pronunciación: |
Am-sinck-i-óp-sis kìng-i-i |
Etymology/Etimología: |
after genus Amsinckia, from W. Amsinck, patron of Hamburg Botanic Garden, 1752--1831 + opsis, resembling + after Clarence King, 1842-1901, California geologist |
Synonyms/Sinónimos: |
Homotypic: Eritrichium kingii S.Watson, Botany [Fortieth Parallel] 243: t. 23 (1871) (Basionym) Plagiobothrys kingii (S.Watson) A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 281 (1885) Sonnea kingii (S.Watson) Greene, Pittonia 1(1): 23 (1887) |
Type Species/EspeciesTipo: |
Holotype: S. Watson 854, May 1865, USA: California, Truckee Pass, 5,000 feet (GH 00042704) |
DISTRIBUTION:
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Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2010. 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 28 Mar 2016.
TYPE SPECIMEN:
 HOLOTYPE: GH00042704 |
S. Watson 854, May 1865, USA: California, "Eastern side of the Sierra Nevada at Truckee Pass"
Key to varieties
(after R.B. Kelley, 2012)
| Inflorescence coiled in fruit; stems 0.5–1.5 dm, ± equally tall ..... var. harknessii Inflorescence ± elongate in fruit; stems 1–4 dm, central ± taller ..... var. kingii |
LITERATURE CITED:
Gray, A. 1885. Synoptical Flora of North America: Gamopetalae after Compositae. Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, and Company, New York. |