Amsinckia lunaris

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Overview

Threatened

Common Names

Description

Family Boraginaceae

Herbs perennial , biennial, or annual , less often lianas, shrubs , or trees , usually bristly or scabrous-pubescent. Leaves simple , exstipulate , alternate, rarely opposite, entire or serrate at margin . Inflorescences often double scorpioid cymes, rarely solitary; bracts present or absent. Flowers bisexual , actinomorphic , rarely zygomorphic. Calyx usually 5-parted or lobed , mostly persistent . Corolla tubular , campanulate , rotate, funnelform , or salverform ; tube appendages 5, rarely more, mostly trapeziform, rarely absent, sometimes a ring of hairs present; limb usually 5-parted; lobes overlapping, rarely twisted in bud. Stamens 5, inserted on corolla tube or rarely at throat , included or rarely exserted; anthers introrse , 2-loculed, usually dorsifixed at base , less often medifixed , dehiscence longitudinal . Nectaries at base of corolla tube or on disc below ovary. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate; locules 2 and each with 2 ovules, or 4 and each with 1 ovule; ovules nearly atropous , semianatropous, or anatropous . Style terminal or gynobasic , branched or not. Gynobase flat, fastigiate , or subulate . Fruit 1-4-seeded drupes or nutlets (mericarps) ; nutlets mostly dry, often ornamented with wings, prickles and/or glochids (stiff bristles with barbed or anchorlike tips ) . Seeds vertical or oblique , coat membranous; embryo straight, less often curved ; cotyledons flat, fleshy .

About 156 genera and 2500 species: temperate and tropical regions , centered in the Mediterranean region; 47 genera and 294 species in China, of which four genera and 156 species are endemic.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Similar Species

Members of the genus Amsinckia

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 182 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. abbreviata · A. abramsii · A. acuminata · A. acuticarpa · A. albicarpa · A. ammophila · A. ampla · A. amplexicaulis · A. andersonii · A. angulata · A. angustata · A. angustifolia · A. angustisepala · A. anomala · A. appressa · A. arenaria · A. arizonica · A. arvensis · A. aurantiaca · A. aurea · A. australis · A. barbata · A. basistaminea · A. borealis · A. brachycalyx · A. brunnescens · A. bullata · A. caduca · A. calicina · A. californica · A. calycina · A. calycinta · A. campestris · A. cana · A. canadensis · A. canescens · A. carinata (Malheur Valley Fiddleneck) · A. carnosa · A. catalinensis · A. celsa · A. ciliata · A. cinerea · A. collina · A. communis · A. condensata · A. congruens · A. conica · A. conspicua · A. cristata · A. ctenocarpa · A. cuneata · A. curvata · A. davyi · A. debilis · A. decumbens · A. delicata · A. deltoidea · A. densiflora · A. densifolia · A. dentata · A. dimorpha · A. disjuncta · A. divaricata · A. divergens · A. diversifolia · A. douglasiana (Douglas' Fiddle-Neck) · A. dudleyi · A. eastwoodae · A. eastwoodiae (Eastwood's Fiddle-Neck) · A. eastwoodii · A. eatonii · A. echinata · A. elegans · A. elmeri · A. evermannii · A. fluviatilis · A. foliosa · A. franciscana · A. fulgens · A. furcata var. furcata · A. glauca · A. glomerata · A. gloriosa · A. gloriosa var. gloriosa · A. grandiflora (Large Flowered Fiddleneck) · A. granulosa · A. grayi · A. hallii · A. hansenii · A. helleri · A. hirsuta · A. hirticaulis · A. hispida · A. hispidissima · A. howellii · A. humifusa · A. idahoensis · A. inepta · A. intactilis · A. intermedia

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Further Reading

• Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 76.
• Wang Wen-tsai, Liu Yu-lan, Zhu Ge-ling, Lian Yong-shan, Wang Jing-quan & Wang Qing-rui in Kung Xian-wu & Wang Wen-tsai, eds. 1989. Boraginaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 64(2): 1-253.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 16, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 16, 2007:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2654551
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-31704
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13745837
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:113054-1
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 31704
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 113054-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDBOR01070
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AMLU
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 17988

Footnotes

1. Gelin Zhu, Harald Riedl & Rudolf V. Kamelin "Boraginaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 329. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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