Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana

Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ranunculales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Ordo: Ranunculales

Familia: Papaveraceae
Subfamilia: Papaveroideae
Tribus: Eschscholtzieae
Genus: Eschscholzia
Species: Eschscholzia californica
Subspecies: Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana

Name

Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana (Greene) C.Clark, Syst. Bot. 3: 382 (1978)

• Type: E.L. Greene s.n. (April 1880; holotype: CAS-CAS0005922; isotype: UC; 'isolectotype': NY-NY00888276).
• Type locality: [United States of America.] New Mexico: plains of the Gila [River].

Synonyms

(List may be incomplete)

• Basionym
  • Eschscholzia mexicana Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1(3): 69 (1885); E. Mexicana
• Heterotypic
  • Eschscholzia douglasii var. parvula A.Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 10 (1853); not accepted by Clark (1978: 382) [cited as Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana]
    • Type: C. Wright 1310 (April 1852; lectotype: GH-GH0007847, designated by Clark 1978: 382; isolectotypes: GH(-GH0007848, -GH0007850)).
    • Type locality: [United States of America.] Texas: [El Paso Co.,] Among rocks, on mountains near El Paso.
  • Eschscholzia parvula (A.Gray) Cockerell, Bot. Gaz. 26: 279 (1898); not accepted by Clark (1978: 382) [cited as Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana]
  • Eschscholzia aliena Greene, Pittonia 5: 260 (1905); not accepted by Clark (1978: 382) [cited as Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana]
    • Type: T.S. Brandegee s.n. (May 1892; holotypus: CAS-CAS0005869).
    • Type locality: United States. Arizona: [Santa Cruz Co.,] Nogales.
  • Eschscholzia jonesii Greene, Pittonia 5: 261 (1905); as E. Jonesii; not accepted by Clark (1978: 382) [cited as Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana]
    • Type: M.E. Jones [4362] (24 May 1884; holotypus: US-US00099653-245533).
    • Type locality: [United States of America.] Arizona: [Mohave Co.,] Hackberry.
  • Eschscholzia arizonica Greene, Pittonia 5: 261 (1905); as E. Arizonica; not accepted by Clark (1978: 382) [cited as Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana]
    • Type: J.W. Toumey [48-C] (22 June 1892; holotypus: US-US00099629-212459).
    • Type locality: [United States of America.] Arizona: [Yavapai Co.,] Bradshaw Mountains.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah Regional: South-Central U.S.A. New Mexico Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Clark, C. 1978. Systematic Studies of Eschscholzia (Papaveraceae). I. The Origin and Affinities of E. mexicana. Systematic Botany 3(4): 374–385. DOI: 10.2307/2418748 Reference page. 

Links

• Flora of North America (2008). 'eFloras. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. 2009 Nov 07 [1].
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 November 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana. Published online. Accessed: 2 November 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Eschscholzia californica subsp. mexicana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 2 November 2021.

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