Oreocarya  "elata group"
after Higgins. 1971


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Taxa list of the elata group

The elata group (corolla tube < calyx [except O. rollinsii] nutlets dorsally roughened, rugose and/or tuberculate/muricate, ventrally smooth or rough; scar straight, margins not elevated):      Oreocarya aperta Eastw.        Oreocarya elata Eastw.        Oreocarya glomerata (Pursh) Greene        Oreocarya grahamii (I.M. Johnst.) R.B. Kelley      Oreocarya interrupta Greene        Oreocarya rollinsii (I.M. Johnst.) W.A. Weber        Oreocarya rugulosa Payson        Oreocarya shackletteana (L.C. Higgins) R.B. Kelley        Oreocarya sobolifera (Payson) R.B. Kelley        Oreocarya spiculifera Piper        Oreocarya thompsonii (I.M. Johnst.) Abrams        Oreocarya thyrsiflora Greene        Oreocarya weberi (I.M. Johnst.) W.A. Weber

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

Oreocarya aperta Oreocarya elata Oreocarya glomerata Oreocarya grahamii Oreocarya interrupta Oreocarya rollinsii Oreocarya rugulosa Oreocarya shackletteana Oreocarya sobolifera Oreocarya spiculifera Oreocarya thompsonii Oreocarya thyrsiflora Oreocarya weberi

Distribution and nutlet morphology of species of the nubigena group

Oreocarya aperta Eastwood s.n., 27 Jun 1892 (CAS 0006968)

Oreocarya elata L. Ripma 344

Oreocarya glomerata [O. celosioides] R.B. Kelley 496

Oreocarya grahamii R.B. Kelley 1387

Oreocarya interrupta R.B. Kelley 613

Oreocarya rollinsii RSA 45012

Oreocarya rugulosa R. B. Kelley 1205

Oreocarya shackletteana ALA 90733

Oreocarya sobolifera R. B. Kelley 945

Oreocarya spiculifera POM 273664

Oreocarya thompsonii Kelley 606 Oreocarya thompsonii RSA 87701

Oreocarya thyrsiflora POM 221232

Oreocarya weberi CAS 305524

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.