Mentzelia chrysantha Engelm.

, Bull. Geol. Geogr. Surv. Territories 2(3): 237 (1876).
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:157403-2
Publication
Bulletin of the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories
Collation
2(3): 237
Date of Publication
6 Jun 1876
Family as entered in IPNI
Loasaceae

Type Information

Locality
Barren clayey limestone hills on the Arkansas, near Canon City, with Frarikenia, several shrubby Atriplex, Junipertis occidentalis, etc., where I discovered it in September, 1874; also in Southern Utah, Dr. Parry, 1874, No. 78, doubtfully referred to M. multiflora
Distribution Of Types
Colorado (Northwestern U.S.A., Northern America)
Utah (Southwestern U.S.A., Northern America)

Nomenclatural Notes

alt. title: Fl. SW. Colorado 237. 6 Jun 1876

Links

Basionym of
Hesperaster chrysanthus (Engelm.) Cockerell, Torreya 1(12): 143 (1901).
Basionym of
Nuttallia chrysantha (Engelm.) Greene, Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1(4): 210 (1906).
Basionym of
Touterea chrysantha (Engelm.) Rydb., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 30(5): 277 (1903).