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EPISODIC DISCOURSE attendant to the ENDEMIC flora of California

Sunday, December 15, 2019

Type of Torreya californica

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Type specimens of many California endemics described in the 1850s are often uncertain. in the instance of Torreya californica , the NY hol...
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Sunday, September 22, 2019

The 10 most commonly collected California plants

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Based on tally of 1.3 million specimens, the 10 most well collected California species are:   Taxon # sheets ...
Friday, September 6, 2019

Synonyms of Toxicodendron diversilobum

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Toxicodendron diversilobum. Rhus diversilola, Torr. & Gray, FL i 218. E.L. Greene had the facility to view specimens, and immediate...
Saturday, July 20, 2019

Enumerating California Needlegrasses (the tribe Stipeae)

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Peterson PM, Romaschenko K, Soreng RJ, Reyna JV (2019) A key to the North American genera of Stipeae (Poaceae, Pooideae) with descriptions...
Wednesday, July 3, 2019

Typification of Phacelia vallicola Congdon ex Brand

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This basionym was published in Konigliches Gymnasium zu Sorau, Beilage zum Jahresbericht. Sorau 7. 1911.   The protologue is apparently no...
Thursday, June 13, 2019

10 June Nature Paper: Substantial Underestimate of Extinct Plants in California

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E xtinction Density of World Flora Humphreys et al (2019) compiled a global roster of presumed extinct seed plants.   Their assessment...
Monday, April 16, 2018

Resurrect Mahonia sonnei!

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Mahonia sonnei was named by Abrams (1934) based on a single gathering from Truckee, California.   The syntype specimens were collected by...
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