Limnanthes alba

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Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Notes

Publishing author : Greene Publication : Erythea 3: 62 1895 Publishing author: C.T.Mason. Publication: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 25: 497 1952 Basionym author: (Greene) Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication: Pl. hartw. 301. 1849

Name verified on 16-Sep-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 06-Jan-2003

Similar Species

Members of the genus Limnanthes

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 51 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

L. alba (White Meadow-Foam) · L. alba alba (White Meadowfoam) · L. alba subsp. versicolor (White Meadowfoam) · L. alba var. detonsa (White Meadowfoam) · L. alba versicolor (White Meadowfoam) · L. bakeri (Baker's Meadowfoam) · L. bellingeriana bellingeriana · L. douglasii (Douglas's Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii nivea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii nivea 'Meringue' · L. douglasii nivea var. nivea · L. douglasii rosea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii rosea var. rosea · L. douglasii 'Spanish Omelette Mixed' · L. douglasii subsp. nivea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii subsp. rosea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii subsp. sulphurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii 'Sulphurea' (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglasii sulphurea var. sulphurea (Poached Egg Plant) · L. douglasii sulpurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. douglassi · L. douglassii · L. floccosa (Woolly Meadow-Foam) · L. floccosa bellingerana (Butte County Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa bellingeriana (Bellinger's Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa californica (Butte County Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa floccosa (Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa grandiflora (Large-Flowered Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa pumila (Dwarf Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa subsp. bellingeriana (Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa subsp. californica (Butte County Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa subsp. grandiflora (Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. floccosa subsp. pumila (Woolly Meadowfoam) · L. gracilis (Slender Meadow-Foam) · L. gracilis gracilis (Slender Meadowfoam) · L. gracilis parishii (Parish's Slender Meadowfoam) · L. gracilis subsp. parishii (Parish's Slender Meadowfoam) · L. howelliana douglasii · L. macounii (Macoun's Meadow-Foam) · L. montana (Mountain Meadow-Foam) · L. nymphoides · L. peltata · L. pumila · L. rosea · L. rosea var. candida · L. striata (Foot-Hill Meadow-Foam) · L. stricta · L. sulphurea (Douglas' Meadowfoam) · L. versicolor · L. versicolor parishii · L. vinculans (Sebastopol Meadowfoam)

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Further Reading

• A flora of California, by Willis Linn Jepson. San Francisco, Calif., Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, 1909- ENG url p. 409.
• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] ENG url p. 46, p. 48, p. 49.
• Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 386, p. 87.
• Erythea. a journal of botany, West American and general. Berkeley, Calif., University of California, 1893-1922. ENG url p. 54.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. (F CalifJep)
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2) [with two subspecies].
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History. Boston: The Society, 1878-1946. ENG url p. 104.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. (F CalifMunz) [lists as L. a. Hartweg in Benth.].
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505. (AH 505)
• The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste. Albany, N.Y.: Luther Tucker, 1846-1875. ENG url p. 362.
• The journal of the Horticultural Society of London. London, [England]: Published for the Society, by Longman and Co., 1846-1855. ENG url p. 185, p. 220, p. 310.
• Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [San Diego]: The Society, 1905- ENG url p. 68.
• Zoe: a biological journal. San Francisco. ENG url p. 27.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 02, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 29, 2008)

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 02, 2008:

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

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2652517
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-29169
• GRIN Nomen Number: 22242
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 29169
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 374472-1
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDLIM02010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LIVE8 LIAL
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 47273

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