Lilaeopsis schaffneriana

Lilaeopsis schaffneriana
subsp. recurva
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Lilaeopsis
Species:	L. schaffneriana
Binomial name
Lilaeopsis schaffneriana (Schltdl.) J.M.Coult. & Rose [1]
Subspecies
L. s. subsp. recurva(A.W.Hill) Affolter [1] L. s. subsp. schaffneriana [1] (autonym)
Synonyms [1] [2] [3]
Crantzia schaffnerianaSchltdl. (basionym) C. s. fo. aquaticaSchltdl. C. s. fo. subterrestrisSchltdl. Crantziola schaffneriana Koso-Pol. Lilaeopsis recurvaA.W.Hill [ = L. schaffneriana subsp. recurva ] L. schaffneriana var. aquatica(Schltdl.) A.W.Hill L. s. var. subterrestrisA.W.Hill

Lilaeopsis schaffneriana is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names Schaffner's grasswort ^[4] and cienega false rush. ^[5]

• Lilaeopsis schaffneriana subsp. schaffneriana is found in Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Mexico (in the Federal District and the following states: Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, and Tlaxcala). ^[6]
• Lilaeopsis schaffneriana subsp. recurva (Huachuca water umbel), is a federally listed endangered species (status G4T2, imperiled) of the United States. ^[7] It is limited to desert wetlands ^{[ clarification needed ]}, including a rare type of desert marsh habitat called a cienega ^{[ clarification needed ]}. There are 8 populations in Arizona and four more south of the border in Mexico. ^[8]

Conservation

The species is extremely reliant on water level for its survival. ^[9]

References

1.  Under its current treatment as Lilaeopsis schaffneriana, this species was published in Botanical Gazette 24: 48. 1897. "Lilaeopsis schaffneriana". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved January 16, 2012.
2. "Name - Lilaeopsis schaffneriana (Schltdl.) J.M.Coult. & Rose synonyms". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved January 16, 2012.
3.  Crantzia schaffneriana, the basionym of Lilaeopsis schaffneriana, was first described and published in Linnaea 26: 370. 1854. "Name - !Crantzia schaffneriana Schltdl". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
4. "Profile for Lilaeopsis schaffneriana (Schaffner's grasswort)". PLANTS Database. USDA, NRCS . Retrieved January 16, 2012.
5. "Lilaeopsis schaffneriana var. recurva (Cienega False Rush)". NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life. Arlington, Virginia: The Nature Conservancy. July 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
6. "Lilaeopsis schaffneriana subsp. schaffneriana". Germplasm Resources Information Network . Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture . Retrieved January 16, 2012.
7. "Lilaeopsis schaffneriana var. recurva, Huachuca water umbel". Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile. U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
8. L. s. var. recurva. Archived 2011-08-28 at the Wayback Machine Center for Plant Conservation.
9. Malcom, Jacob W.; Malcom, Anna C.; Radke, William R. (2017-01-06). "Water (or the lack thereof), management, and conservation of an endangered desert wetland obligate, Lilaeopsis schaffneriana var. recurva". doi: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2699v1 .{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

• USFWS. Designation of Critical Habitat for the Huachuca Water Umbel, a Plant. Federal Register July 12, 1999.