Arctostaphylos ohloneana M.C.Vasey & V.T.Parker
, Madroño 55(3): 240 (238-243; figs. 1-3) (2009). BHL- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60450772-2
- Publication
- Madrono; Journal of the California Botanical Society
- Collation
- 55(3): 240 (238-243; figs. 1-3)
- Date of Publication
- dt. 2008; issued 30 Jan 2009
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Ericaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- M. C. Vasey & V. T. Parker 0111
- Locality
- northern Ben Lomond Mountain, siliceous shale ridges located on slopes above Mill Creek drainage as part of the Lockheed Martin missile test site facility, alt. 551 m
- Collection Date
- 10 Feb 1993
- Type Herbaria
- holotype CAS
isotype UC
isotype SFSU - Latitude
- 37° 7' 9" N
- Longitude
- 122° 13' 2" W
- Distribution Of Types
- Santa Cruz County (California, Southwestern U.S.A., Northern America)
Remarks
Arctostaphylos ohloneana superficially resembles A. pungens and A. manzanita, but it presents distinctive characters that separate it from these two species. Unlike the tetraploid A. manzanita, A. ohloneana is diploid, and it lacks the distinctive nascent inflorescence of A. pungens. (vide abstract). Etymology: The specific epithet honors people of Native American Ohlone ancestry who occupied the Santa Cruz Mountains before European colonization.