Harpagonella

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Adelinia Amsinckia Amsinckiopsis Andersonglossum Cryptantha Dasynotus Eremocarya Greeneocharis Gruvelia Harpagonella Johnstonella Oncaglossum Oreocarya Pectocarya Plagiobothrys Simpsonanthus Sonnea

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Harpagonella A.Gray

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 11: 88 (1876)

Pronunciation/Pronunciación:
 Har-pa-go-nél-la
Etymology/Etimología:
diminuitive of harpago, a small grappling hook, from the calyx prickles
Synonyms/Sinónimos:

Plagiobothrys Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Index Seminum [St.Petersburg (Petropolitanus)] 2: 46 (printed as 21) (1836)
   Veno (1979:60) proposed transferring Harpagonella palmeri to Pectocarya, as P. palmeri (A.Gray) Veno,
    but this was not validly published.

Type Species/EspeciesTipo:
 Harpagonella palmeri A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 11: 88 (1876)

Distribution of Harpagonella:
Harpagonella distribution from POWO Harpagonella distribution from GBIF.org 
LEFT: POWO. Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet. Green=native.
MIDDLE: GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
RIGHT: SEINet. Click to see current herbarium vouchers. Note: Specimens in Arizona are likely all H. arizonica.


TOTAL NUMBER OF TAXA IN GENUS:
2 species and 2 minimum ranked taxon
North American only (USA and Mexico)
California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Inventory Listings:
1A = Plants presumed extirpated in California and either rare or extinct elsewhere
1B = Plants rare, threatened, or endangered in California and elsewhere
2A = Plants presumed extirpated in California but common elsewhere
2B = Plants rare, threatened, or endangered in California but common elsewhere
3 = Plants about which more information is needed, a review list
4 = Plants of limited distribution, a watch list
.1 = Seriously threatened in California — Over 80% of occurrences threatened / high degree and immediacy of threat
.2 = Moderately threatened in California — 20-80% of occurrences threatened / moderate degree and immediacy of threat
.3 = Not very threatened in California — Less than 20% of occurrences threatened / low degree and immediacy of threat or no current threats known


KEY TO TAXA (after Guilliams et al. 2016)

1. Fruits 6-9 mm long, appendages (average) 3.3-5 mm long; Arizona and northern Sonora (rarely Baja California), Mexico ......... H. arizonica
1' Fruits 3-6 mm long, appendages (average) 1.5-3.2 mm long; southwestern California and Baja California peninsula, Mexico ..... H. palmeri

CHROMOSOME NUMBERS OF AMSINCKIINAE, including Harpagonella



LITERATURE CITED:

Gray, A. 1876. V. Miscellaneous botanical contributions. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 11:71-104.
Guilliams, C. M., T. Jang, and B. G. Baldwin. 2016. Molecular and morphological evidence for recognition of two species within Harpagonella (Amsinckiinae, Boraginaceae).
      PhytoKeys 70: 17-30.
Johnston, I.M. 1924. Studies in the Boraginaceae II. A synopsis of the American native and immigrant Borages of the subfamily Boraginoideae. Contr. Gray Herb. 70: 3-61.
Veno, B. A. 1979. A revision of the genus Pectocarya (Boraginaceae) including reduction to synonymy of the genus Harpagonella (Boraginaceae). Doctoral Dissertation,
     University of California, Los Angeles.




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