Brodiaea santarosae T.J.Chester, W.P.Armstr. & Madore

, Madroño 54(2): 188 (187-198; fig. 1) (2007). BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60446781-2
Publication
Madrono; Journal of the California Botanical Society
Collation
54(2): 188 (187-198; fig. 1)
Date of Publication
9 Oct 2007
Family as entered in IPNI
Asparagaceae

Type Information

Collector Team
T. Chester, W. Armstrong & K. Madore 927
Locality
Santa Ana Mts., Santa Rosa Plateau region: Clay Hill ... alt. 580 m
Collection Date
15 Jun 2006
Type Herbaria
holotype UCR
isotype RSA
isotype SD
Latitude
33° N
Longitude
117° W
Distribution Of Types
Riverside County (California, Southwestern U.S.A., Northern America)

Remarks

... a new species from southwest Riverside County and immediately-adjacent Miller Mountain of San Diego County, CA. It is easily distinguished from other Brodiaea species in southern California by its large flowers and distinctive, variable staminodes; morphological analysis revealed 11 total differentiating characteristics. Brodiaea santarosae occurs only on or very close to the 8–11 million-year-old Santa Rosa Basalt. It has the smallest range of the southern California Brodiaeas, with just four known populations occupying only a small portion of a ∼40 km2 area, plus a fifth small population disjunct by 11 km. (vide protologue).