Eriastrum eremicum

Eriastrum eremicum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ericales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Polemoniaceae
Subfamilia: Polemonioideae
Tribus: Loeselieae
Genus: Eriastrum
Species: Eriastrum eremicum

Subspecies: E. e. subsp. eremicum – E. e. subsp. markianum – E. e. subsp. yageri – E. e. subsp. zionis

Name

Eriastrum eremicum (Jeps.) H.Mason, Madroño 8: 78 (1945).

• Type locality: USA, California: Central Mohave Desert (Calico Wash, NE of Barstow).
• Typus: leg. Jepson 5414, Holotype: JEPS?

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Hugelia eremica Jeps., Man. Fl. Pl. Calif.: 793 (1925)
• Homotypic
• Gilia eremica (Jeps.) T.T.Craig, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 61: 417 (1934).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah Mexico Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Mason, H.L. 1945. The genus Eriastrum and the influence of Bentham and Gray upon the problem of generic confusion in Polemoniaceae. Madroño 8(3): 65–91. BHL Reference page. 
• Jepson, W.L. 1925. A Manual of the Flowering Plants of California. Berkeley, California. 1243 pp. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2022. Eriastrum eremicum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct. 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eriastrum eremicum. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 07 2022.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eriastrum eremicum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct. 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Eriastrum eremicum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Oct. 2022.

Vernacular names

English: desert woollystar

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