Loeseliastrum matthewsii

Loeseliastrum matthewsii

Loeseliastrum matthewsii

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Polemoniaceae
Subfamilia: Polemonioideae
Tribus: Loeselieae
Genus: Loeseliastrum
Species: Loeseliastrum matthewsii

Name

Loeseliastrum matthewsii (A. Gray) Timbrook Madroño 33(3): 171. (1986)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Loeselia matthewsii A. Gray Bot. California 2: 466. (1880)
• Homotypic
  • Gilia matthewsii (A. Gray) A. Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. (ed. 2) 2(1): 409. (1886)
  • Navarretia matthewsii (A. Gray) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 433. (1891)
  • Navarretia matthewsii (A. Gray) Coville Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 4: 153. (1893) isonym
• Heterotypic
  • Langloisia matthewsii (A. Gray) Greene Pittonia 3(13): 30. (1896)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regionalː Southwestern USA California, Nevada Regionalː Mexico Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Timbrook, S. 1986. Madroño: a West American Journal of Botany 33(3): 171.

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database https://web.archive.org/web/20240926064532/https://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html
• Porter, J.M. & Johnson, L.A. 2000. A phylogenetic classification of Polemoniaceae. Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany 19(1): 55–91. DOI: 10.5642/aliso.20001901.06 Full text PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Loeseliastrum matthewsii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 March 05. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Loeseliastrum matthewsii. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 20 2016. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2016. Loeseliastrum matthewsii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Oct. 2016. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: desert calico

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