Oreocarya  "jamesii group"
after Higgins. 1971


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Taxa list of the nubigena group
The jamesii group (nutlets hemispheric, smooth or rugose/tuberculate):
     Oreocarya palmeri (A. Gray) Greene  
     Oreocarya suffruticosa (Torr.) Greene [& vars.] 
     Oreocarya crassipes (I.M. Johnst.) Hasenstab & M.G. Simpson  
     Oreocarya oblata (M.E. Jones) J.F. Macbr.  
     Oreocarya paysonii J.F. Macbr.  
**=not treated by Higgins

Combined distribution of all species of the jamesii group
 


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








Oreocarya palmeri
Oreocarya suffruticosa var. abortiva


Oreocarya crassipes
Oreocarya oblata


Distribution and nutlet morphology of species of the jamesii group
Oreocarya palmeri
MO 4028472

Oreocarya suffruticosa var. abortiva
RSA 46663

Oreocarya crassipes
M Williams 83

Oreocarya oblata
RSA 492203

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.