Greeneocharis

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Greeneocharis Gürke & Harms

Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] Regist. 460. 1899

Pronunciation/Pronunciación:
 Greene-ó-cha-ris
Etymology/Etimología:
after California botanist Edward Lee Greene (1843–1915) + charis, "beauty, delight"
Synonyms/Sinónimos:

Piptocalyx Torrey, nom. illegit. (later homonym), U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. Pacific N. Amer. 17(2): 414, t. 12. 1874; C. Wilkes Expl. Exped.
Wheelerella G.B.Grant, nom. illegit. (superfulous name), Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 5: 28. 1906
Type Species/EspeciesTipo:
 Greeneocharis circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) Rydberg, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 677. 1909

Jepson eFlora Treatment

Distribution of Greeneocharis:
Map of distribution of Greeneocharis in North and South America, from POWO 2019 Map of distribution of Greeneocharis in North and South America, from GBIF 2019
LEFT: POWO. 2019. Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org.Green=native. Accessed 26 Dec 2019.
RIGHT: GBIF. 2019. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. http://www.gbif.org. Accessed 26 Dec 2019.

TOTAL NUMBER OF TAXA IN GENUS:
2 species and 3 minimum ranked taxa
(NA=North America; SA=South America)
Greeneocharis circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) Rydberg  NA & SA
     G. c. var. circumscissa   NA & SA
     G. c. var. rosulata (J.T.Howell) Hasenstab & M.G.Simpson  NA 1B.2
Greeneocharia similis (K.Mathew & P.H.Raven) Hasenstab & M.G.Simpson  NA		 [Cryptantha circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) I.M.Johnston]
[Cryptantha circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) I.M.Johnston var. circumscissa]
[Cryptantha circumscissa (Hooker & Arnott) I.M.Johnston var. rosulata J.T.Howell]
[Cryptantha similis K.Mathew & P.H.Raven]

California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Inventory Listings:
1B = Plants rare, threatened, or endangered in California and elsewhere
.2 = Moderately threatened in California — 20-80% of occurrences threatened / moderate degree and immediacy of threat


KEY TO TAXA (after Kelley et al. 2012)
Corolla limb 3.5–6 mm diam, appendages larger than small to minute, yellow ............................................................................. G. similis
Corolla limb generally 1–2 mm diam, appendages small to minute, white to pale yellow .................................................... G. circumscissa
      Stem generally > 2 cm; calyx 3–4 mm in fruit; fruit axis ± = mature nutlets; nutlet beak 0; leaf margin rolled under ..... var. circumscissa
      Stem 0.5–2 cm; calyx 2.5–3 mm in fruit; fruit axis < mature nutlets; nutlet strongly beaked; leaf margin ± flat .................... var. rosulata

NOTE: Greeneocharis similis and G. circumscissa also differ in chromosome number and pollen diameter, major reasons for their status as separate species. The chromosome number of Greeneocharis circumscissa var. rosulata has not been determined, but pollen diameter is reported to be similar to G. circumscissa var. circumscissa. (See Mathew & Raven 1962).
Greeneocharis similis n=6 pollen 5.5-6.5 µm in diameter
Greeneocharis circumscissa var. circumscissa n=12 (18) pollen 7-9 µm in diameter

CHROMOSOME NUMBERS OF AMSINCKIINAE, including Greeneocharis


LITERATURE CITED:

Gürke, R. L. A. M. and H. A. T. Harms. 1899. Greeneocharis. Pp. 460 in H. G. A. Engler and K. A. E. Prantl (eds.), Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien Registr. W. Engelmann, Leipzig.
Kelley, R. B., M. G. Simpson, and K. E. Hasenstab. 2012. Cryptantha. Pp. 455-468 in B. G. Baldwin, et al. (eds.), The Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California. Second Edition.
      University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London.





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