Amsinckia Taxonomy & Images

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NORTH AMERICA

The 12 species and 15 taxa of Amsinckia occuring in North America
(*=occurs in California, sensu R. Kelley, The Jepson Manual, 2nd ed., in prep.)
This is a work in progress.
[NOTE: Scale bars of all photographs = 1 mm]

 
Amsinckia douglasiana A. DC.*   4.2
Amsinckia eastwoodiae J. F. Macbr.*
Amsinckia furcata Suksd.*  4.2
Amsinckia glomerata Suksd.
Amsinckia grandiflora (A. Gray) Kleeb. ex Greene*   1B.1
Amsinckia lunaris J. F. Macbr.*   1B.2
Amsinckia lycopsoides Lehm.*
Amsinckia menziesii (Lehm.) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbr.*
      var. intermedia (Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Ganders*
      var. menziesii*
Amsinckia retrorsa Suksd.*
Amsinckia spectabilis Fisch. & C. A. Mey. *
      var. microcarpa (Greene) Jeps. & Hoover *
      var. spectabilis*
Amsinckia tessellata A. Gray *
      var. gloriosa (Suksd.) Hoover *
      var. tessellata*
Amsinckia vernicosa Hook. & Arn.*
 

SOUTH AMERICA

The 2 species of Amsinckia occuring in South America
This is a work in progress.
[NOTE: Scale bars of all photographs = 1 mm]

 
Amsinckia calycina (Moris) Chater
Amsinckia tessellata A. Gray*

*Species that also occurs in North America.
 


California Native Plant Society (CNPS) Inventory Listings
1A = California endemic, presumed extinct
1B = Rare, threatened, or endangered in California and elsewhere
2 = Rare, threatened, or endangered in California, but more common elsewhere
3 = review list (they need more information to list or not)
4 = Limited distribution (Watch List)
 .1 = Seriously endangered in California (over 80% of occurrences threatened/high degree and immediacy of threat)
.2 = Fairly endangered in California (20-80% occurrences threatened)
.3 = Not very endangered in California (<20% of occurrences threatened or no current threats known)