Physaria lepidota

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Physaria lepidota
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Physaria
Species:
P. lepidota
Binomial name
Physaria lepidota
Rollins
Synonyms [1]

(for subsp. membranacea)

  • Physaria chambersii var. membranaceaRollins
  • Physaria lepidota var. membranacea(Rollins) Rollins

Physaria lepidota, the Kane County twinpod, is a plant species endemic to Utah. It is known only from Kane, Washington, and Garfield Counties in the southern part of the state. [2] It grows on rocky slopes and outcrops, and sometimes in disturbed areas. [3]

Physaria lepidota is a perennial herb with most of the above-ground parts covered with a silvery pubescence. Stems branch at the base but rarely above, sometimes reaching a height of 20 cm (8 inches). Flowers are yellow, born in a dense raceme. Fruits are highly inflated, up to 20 mm (0.8 inches) across with purplish papery walls. [4] [5]

Subspecies

Despite the limited range of the species, two subspecies are generally recognized, differing in the shapes of the fruits and of the hairs in the pubescence: [6] [7]

Physaria lepidota subsp. lepidota

and

Physaria lepidota subsp. membranacea

The two subspecies also differ in chromosome number (2n=16 for subsp. lepidota, 2n=8 for subsp. membranacea). [3]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Patricia Kern Holmgren</span> American botanist

Patricia May Holmgren is an American botanist. Holmgren's main botanical interests are the flora of the U.S. intermountain west and the genera Tiarella and Thlaspi. Holmgren was the director of the herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden from 1981–2000, and editor of Index Herbariorum from 1974–2008.

References

  1. The Plant List
  2. USDA Plant Resources Conservation Service, Plants Profile
  3. 1 2 Flora of North America v 7 p 648.
  4. Rollins, R. C. 1981. Studies in the genus Physaria (Cruciferae). Brittonia 33(3): 332–341.
  5. Holmgren, N. H., P. K. Holmgren & A.J. Cronquist. 2005. Vascular plants of the intermountain west, U.S.A., subclass Dilleniidae. 2(B): 1–488. In A.J. Cronquist, A. H. Holmgren, N. H. Holmgren, J. L. Reveal & P. K. Holmgren (eds.) Intermountain Flora. Hafner Publishing Co., New York.
  6. O'Kane, Steve Lawrence. Novon 17(4): 531. 2007.
  7. Rollins, Reed C. (1981). "Studies in the Genus Physaria (Cruciferae)". Brittonia. 33 (3): 332–341. Bibcode:1981Britt..33..332R. doi:10.2307/2806423. JSTOR   2806423.