Systematics of Amsinckiinae (Boraginaceae): The Popcorn Flowers
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Plagiobothrys Fischer & C.A.Meyer Index Seminum [St.Petersburg (Petropolitanus)] 2: 46[21] (1836) |
Pronunciation/Pronunciación: |
Pla-gi-o-bó-thrys |
Etymology/Etimología: |
Gr. plagios, oblique/sideways, + bothros, pit or scar, possibly referring to the attachment scar of the type species, Plagiobothrys fulvus |
Synonyms/Sinónimos: |
Allocarya Greene, Pittonia 1: 12 (1887) Allocaryastrum Brand, H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 252(97): 99 (1931) Echidiocarya A.Gray ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 854 (1876) Echinoglochin (A.Gray) Brand, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 252 (1925) Glyptocaryopsis Brand, H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 252(97): 104 (1931) Maccoya F.Muell., Fragm. 1: 127 (1859) |
Type Species/EspeciesTipo: |
Plagiobothrys fulvus (Hooker & Arnott) I.M.Johnston, Contr. Gray Herb. 68: 70 (1923) |
Distribution of Plagiobothrys:
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BELOW LEFT: POWO. 2019. Plants of the World Online. (Note: Australian distribution modified.) http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org. Green=native. Purple=non-native. Red border=extinct (1 sp.) Accessed 24 Dec 2019.
BELOW RIGHT: Australiasian Virtual Herbarium, distribution of the 5 Australian Plagiobothrys spp. https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Plagiobothrys#tab_mapView. Accessed 2 Jan 2020.
TOTAL NUMBER OF TAXA IN GENUS: 68 species and 85 minimally ranked taxa |
NORTH AMERICAN TAXA |
SOUTH AMERICAN TAXA |
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| 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 |
KEYS/CLAVES TO CALIFORNIA PLAGIOBOTHRYS (Jepson eFlora)
CHROMOSOME NUMBERS OF AMSINCKIINAE, including Plagiobothrys
LITERATURE CITED:
Fischer, F. E. L. and C. A. Meyer. 1836. Plagiobothrys. Index Seminum [St.Petersburg (Petropolitanus)] 2:46-47 (printed 21-22). |
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