Triantha occidentalis

Triantha occidentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alismatales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Alismatales

Familia: Tofieldiaceae
Genus: Triantha
Species: Triantha occidentalis
Subspecies: T. o. subsp. brevistyla – T. o. subsp. montana – T. o. subsp. occidentalis

Name

Triantha occidentalis (S.Watson) R.R.Gates, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 44: 137 (1918).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Tofieldia occidentalis S.Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 14: 283 (1879).
• Homotypic
  • Asphodeliris occidentalis (S.Watson) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 706 (1891).
  • Tofieldia glutinosa subsp. occidentalis (S.Watson) C.L.Hitchc., Amer. Midl. Naturalist 31: 497 (1944).
  • Tofieldia glutinosa var. occidentalis (S.Watson) C.L.Hitchc., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N. W. 1: 804 (1969).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America Subarctic America Alaska. Western Canada Alberta, British Columbia. Northwestern U.S.A. Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming. Southwestern U.S.A. California. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gates, R.R. 1918. A Systematic Study of the North American Melanthaceæ from the Genetic Standpoint. Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany 44: 131–172. Pl. 5. BHL Reference page. 
• Hitchcock, C.L. 1944. The Tofieldia glutinosa Complex of Western North America. The American Midland Naturalist 31(2): 487–498. DOI: 10.2307/2421079 Reference page. 
• Hitchcock, C.L., Cronquist, A., Ownbey, M. & Thompson, J.W. 1969. Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest 1: Vascular Cryptogams, Gymnosperms and Monocotyledons. 914 p., illustrated, University of Washington, Seattle. Internet Archive Reference page. 
• Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars II. Pp. 377–1011. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.]. BHL Reference page. 
• Watson, S. 1879. Contributions to American Botany, 2. Descriptions of some New Species of North American Plants. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 288–303. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Triantha occidentalis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 May 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Triantha occidentalis. Published online. Accessed: May 23 2023.
• Tropicos.org 2023. Triantha occidentalis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 May 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Triantha occidentalis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 23-May-23.

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