Eriastrum diffusum

Eriastrum diffusum

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Polemoniaceae
Subfamilia: Polemonioideae
Tribus: Loeselieae
Genus: Eriastrum
Species: Eriastrum diffusum

Subspecies: E. d. subsp. coachellae – E. d. subsp. diffusum – E. d. subsp. utahense

Name

Eriastrum diffusum (A.Gray) H.Mason, Madroño 8(3): 76 (1945).

Synonyms

• Basionym
• Gilia filifolia var. diffusa A.Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 272 (1870).
• Homotypic
• Hugelia diffusa (A.Gray) Jeps., Fl. Calif. 3: 167 (1943)
• Navarretia filifolia var. diffusa (A.Gray) Brand, H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 250: 167 (1907)
• Welwitschia diffusa (A.Gray) Rydb., Fl. Rocky Mts.: 688 (1917)
• Welwitschia filifolia var. diffusa (A.Gray) Tidestr., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 48: 42 (1935)

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Mason, H.L. 1945. The genus Eriastrum and the influence of Bentham and Gray upon the problem of generic confusion in Polemoniaceae. Madroño 8(3): 65–91. BHL Reference page. 
• Gray, A. 1870. Revision of the North American Polemoniaceae. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 8: 247–282. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2022. Eriastrum diffusum. 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. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct. 07. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Eriastrum diffusum. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 07 2022.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Eriastrum diffusum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct. 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Eriastrum diffusum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Oct. 2022.

Vernacular names

English: miniature woollystar

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