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Streptanthus is a genus within the mustard family, Brassicaceae.[1] There are 40 known species within the Streptanthus genus, which species are distributed in the southwestern U.S. as far north as Northern California and as far south as northern Mexico. The common name for this genus is Jewelflower. Twenty-four of the species and eleven lesser taxa occur in California, thirty-two of which are California endemics; seventeen of these California taxa are classified as rare plants.
[edit] Species or subspecies
The following are some of the species (or subspecies) of the genus Streptanthus (County locations are not intended to be exhaustive):
- Streptanthus albidus albidus, Metcalf Canyon Jewelflower (Santa Clara County, California), endangered[2]
- Streptanthus albidus ssp. peramoenus, Uncommon Jewelflower (Santa Clara County, California)
- Streptanthus niger, Tiburon Jewelflower (Marin County, California), endangered
- Streptanthus glandulosa, Common Jewelflower (Mendocino County to San Luis Obispo County, California)[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Kruckeberg & Morrison 1983 Madroño 30:230–244
- ^ Andy Kratter, Summary of Rare Plant Search along the Western California University Access Road Alignment, Los Gatos, County of Santa Clara, California, prepared for City of Los Gatos and State of California Environmental Clearinghouse, Earth Metrics Inc. Report 7965.W0, May, 1989
- ^ David Rogers, The Double Cone Register, Vol IX, no. 1, Spring, 2006
