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Calochortus amoenus

Greene

Purple Mariposa Lily

G3Vulnerable (G3?) Found in 15 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.132257

Element CodePMLIL0D040

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single state or province

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassMonocotyledoneae

OrderLiliales

FamilyLiliaceae

GenusCalochortus

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Review Date2007-03-22

Change Date1998-01-13

Edition Date2007-03-22

Edition AuthorsDavis, G.

Range Extent5000-200,000 square km (about 2000-80,000 square miles)

Rank Reasons

Calochortus amoenus is endemic to central California in the Sierra Nevada foothills, however, there is uncertainty over whether the range may extend beyond this.

Range Extent Comments

Endemic to California. Hickman (1993) lists the bioregional distribution as the central and southern Sierra Nevada Foothills. The Consortium of California Herbaria (as of March 2007) has ten accession records from four counties not in this distribution: Glenn, Lake, Alameda, and San Luis Obispo; all but the collection from San Luis Obispo were collected before Hickman was published so it is not clear why these are left out of that distribution. The majority of the collections (128) are from the range described in Hickman.

Occurrences Comments

The number of distinct occurrences is unknown, but the Consortium of California Herbaria database contains 138 accession records for Calochortus amoenus; 15 of these have been collected since 1970.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Grassy slopes in partial shade (Hickman 1993).

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN3

Province	Rank	Native
California	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (15)

California (15)

Area	Forest	Acres
Agnew	Sequoia National Forest	9,561
Black Mtn.	Sequoia National Forest	15,102
Channell	Sequoia National Forest	45,429
Chico	Sequoia National Forest	39,836
Dennison Peak	Sequoia National Forest	6,293
Dinkey Lakes	Sierra National Forest	34,171
Greenhorn Creek	Sequoia National Forest	28,226
Kings River	Sierra National Forest	52,999
Lion Ridge	Sequoia National Forest	5,265
Moses	Sequoia National Forest	22,077
Oat Mtn.	Sequoia National Forest	12,223
San Joaquin	Sierra National Forest	22,474
Shuteye	Sierra National Forest	7,313
Slate Mtn.	Sequoia National Forest	12,299
Sycamore Springs	Sierra National Forest	10,015

References (4)

Consortium of California Herbaria. 2007. Online database of vascular plant specimens in California herbaria. Available at http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/. Accessed 2007.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2002a. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 26. Magnoliophyta: Liliidae: Liliales and Orchidales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxvi + 723 pp.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.