Oreocarya  "caespitosa group"
after Higgins. 1971


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Taxa list of the caespitosa group

The caespitosa group (hummock forming vs. gypsophilous):      Oreocarya caespitosa A. Nelson        Oreocarya ochroleuca (L.C. Higgins) R.B. Kelley

**=not treated by Higgins

Combined distribution of all species of the caespitosa group


Comparison of nutlet morphology of the species of the abata group
(left=dorsal view; right=ventral view, all at same approximate scale; bars=1 mm)

Oreocarya caespitosa Oreocarya ochroleuca

Distribution and nutlet morphology of species of the caespitosa group

Oreocarya caespitosa SD 104243 Oreocarya caespitosa COLO 521882

Oreocarya ochroleuca

Maps of all species except O. howelliana, O. hypsophila, and O. ursina from: Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2012. North American Plant Atlas (http://www.bonap.org/MapSwitchboard.html). 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 8 Dec 2012.