Amsinckia tessellata A. Gray var. gloriosa (Eastwood ex Suksdorf) Hoover
Vasc. Pl. San Luis Obispo Co., Calif.: 245. 1970

[Amsinckia HOME]

Pronunciation
Am-sínck-i-a tes-sel-là-ta var. glo-ri-ò-sa
Etymology
after Wilhelm Amsinck (1752-1831), patron of botany and the Botanical Garden in Hamburg + glorious, superb 
Synonyms:





Amsinckia gloriosa Eastw. ex Suksd., Werdenda 1: 103. 1931 (Basionym)
Amsinckia ampla Suksd., Werdenda 1: 104. 1931
Amsinckia cuneata Suksd., Werdenda 1: 104. 1931
Amsinckia curvata Suksd., Werdenda 1: 83. 1931
Amsinckia munzii Suksd., Werdenda 1: 103. 1931
Amsinckia pulchra Suksd., Werdenda 1: 103. 1931
Type:




A. Eastwood ,1 May 1896, USA: California, Cuyama, White Hills, near boundary between Santa Barbara and
      San Luis Obispo Counties (CAS0026829=CAS27857)
Note from Hoover 1970, p. 245: "No large-flowered plants could be found in the white hills on the north side of Cuyama Valley in 1967, although small-flowered A. tessellata was abundant. There is thus reason to suspect, as with A. furcata, that the type collection is erroneously labelled."


Left: BONAP http://bonap.net/tdc Dark green=present in state; Light green=present in county, not rare [accessed 5 May 2019].
Right: Consortium of California Herbara http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium [accessed 5 May 2019].



HOLOTYPE SPECIMEN:
Amsinckia gloriosa Eastw. ex Suksd.
A. Eastwood, 1 May 1896, USA: California, Cuyama, White Hills, near boundary between Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties  (CAS0026829=CAS27857)

Courtesy of the California Academy of Sciences herbarium


EXEMPLAR:

Amsinckia tessellata var. gloriosa
Mary DeDecker 3726, 13 April 1975, USA: California, Antelope Valley, near L.A., aqueduct crossing of Los Angeles-Kern Counties line (RSA620331)
ca. 34.818679, -118.257482