Lewisia pygmaea

Lewisia pygmaea

Lewisia pygmaea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Montiaceae
Genus: Lewisia
Species: Lewisia pygmaea

Name

Lewisia pygmaea (A.Gray) B.L.Rob., 1897

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Calandrinia grayi Britton in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 17: 312 (1890)
  • Calandrinia pygmaea (A.Gray) A.Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 623 (1873), nom. illeg.
  • Claytonia grayi F.Muell. in Fragm. 11: 83 (1880)
  • Claytonia parva Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 57 (1891), nom. superfl.
  • Oreobroma grayi (Britton) Rydb. in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 137 (1900), nom. superfl.
  • Oreobroma pygmaeum (A.Gray) Howell in Erythea 1: 32 (1893)
  • Talinum pygmaeum A.Gray in Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 33: 407 (1862)
• Heterotypic
  • Lewisia aridorum (A.Heller) S.Clay in Present-Day Rock Garden: 340 (1937)
  • Lewisia exarticulata H.St.John in Res. Stud. State Coll. Wash. 1: 59 (1929)
  • Lewisia glandulosa (Rydb.) S.Clay in Present-Day Rock Garden: 341 (1937)
  • Lewisia minima A.Nelson in J.M.Coulter & A.Nelson, Man. Bot. Rocky Mt., ed. 2: 179 (1909)
  • Lewisia pygmaea var. aridorum Bartlett in Bot. Gaz. 44: 303 (1907)
  • Lewisia pygmaea subsp. glandulosa (Rydb.) Ferris in L.Abrams, Ill. Fl. Pacific States 2: 134 (1944)
  • Lewisia pygmaea var. pygmaea Fosberg in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 27: 256 (1942), not validly publ.
  • Lewisia pygmaea var. sierrae (Ferris) D.W.Taylor in Fl. Yosemite Sierra: 373 (2010)
  • Lewisia sierrae Ferris in L.Abrams, Ill. Fl. Pacific States 2: 134 (1944)
  • Oreobroma aridorum A.Heller in Muhlenbergia 6: 83 (1910)
  • Oreobroma exarticulatum (H.St.John) Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 21: 324 (1932)
  • Oreobroma glandulosum Rydb. in N.L.Britton & al. (eds.), N. Amer. Fl. 21: 325 (1932)
  • Oreobroma minimum A.Nelson in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 27: 260 (1900)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental:Northern America Regional: Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon Regional: Central USA Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming Regional: Western USA California, Oregon, Washington References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

B.L.Rob. in A. Gray, 1897. Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(1):268.

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Lewisia pygmaea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Lewisia pygmaea. Published online. Accessed: February 27 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Lewisia pygmaea. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 February 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2024. Lewisia pygmaea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 February 2024.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lewisia pygmaea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: alpine lewisia, pygmy bitterroot

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