Mentzelia albicaulis

Mentzelia albicaulis

Mentzelia albicaulis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Loasaceae
Genus: Mentzelia
Species: Mentzelia albicaulis

Name

Mentzelia albicaulis Douglas ex Torr. & A.Gray, 1840

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Acrolasia albicaulis (Douglas ex Hook.) Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 277 (1903)
  • Bartonia albicaulis Douglas ex Hook. in Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 222 (1832)
  • Mentzelia albicaulis var. genuina Urb. & Gilg in Nova Acta Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. German. Nat. Cur. 76: 28 (1900), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Acrolasia ctenophora (Rydb.) Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 277 (1903)
  • Acrolasia gracilis Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 566 (1904)
  • Acrolasia parviflora (A.Heller) A.Heller in Muhlenbergia 1: 138 (1906)
  • Acrolasia tenerrima (Rydb.) Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 277 (1903)
  • Acrolasia tweedyi (Rydb.) Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30: 277 (1903)
  • Mentzelia albicaulis var. ctenophora (Rydb.) J.Darl. in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 184 (1934)
  • Mentzelia albicaulis var. gracilis (Rydb.) J.Darl. in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 21: 184 (1934)
  • Mentzelia albicaulis var. spectabilis M.E.Jones in Contr. W. Bot. 12: 16 (1908)
  • Mentzelia albicaulis var. tenerrima (Rydb.) H.St.John in Fl. S.-E. Washington: 265 (1937)
  • Mentzelia ctenophora Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 33 (1901)
  • Mentzelia gracilis (Rydb.) H.J.Thomps. & F.H.Lewis in Madroño 13: 103 (1955), nom. illeg.
  • Mentzelia mojavensis H.J.Thomps. & J.E.Roberts in Phytologia 21: 283 (1971)
  • Mentzelia parviflora A.Heller in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 199 (1898)
  • Mentzelia tenerrima Rydb. in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 271 (1900)
  • Mentzelia tweedyi Rydb. in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 271 (1900)
  • Trachyphytum albicaule Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 1: 534 (1840), pro syn.
  • Trachyphytum gracile Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray in Fl. N. Amer. 1: 534 (1840), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming Regional: Westernl USA California, Oregon, Washington Regional: Canada British Columbia, Saskatchewan Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Douglas, 1840. Flora North America north of Mexico. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. 1:534.

Links

• Hassler, M. 2023. Mentzelia albicaulis. 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. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July. 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Mentzelia albicaulis. Published online. Accessed: July. 30 2023.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Mentzelia albicaulis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 July. 30. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Mentzelia albicaulis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 July. 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Mentzelia albicaulis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: whitestem blazing star

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