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Aliciella heterostyla

(S. Cochrane & Day) J.M. Porter

Cactus Flat Gily-flower

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
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Cochrane Gilia (Aliciella heterostyla). Photo by Chris, CC0 1.0, via iNaturalist.
Chris, CC0 1.0
Cochrane Gilia (Aliciella heterostyla). Photo by Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist.
Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.135257
Element CodePDPLM04220
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single state or province
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderSolanales
FamilyPolemoniaceae
GenusAliciella
Synonyms
Gilia heterostylaS. Cochrane & Day
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Taxonomic Comments
Species published in Madrono, 41(2), pp. 120-127, 1994. Accepted by Kartesz (1999).
Conservation Status
Review Date1999-06-29
Change Date2000-03-23
Edition Date1999-04-23
Edition AuthorsGries, D.
Rank Reasons
Gilia heterostyla is known only from Nye County, Nevada. There are four extant occurrences recorded for this species, but the commonness of its habitat and the number of herbarium specimens (26) suggest that this taxon is not uncommon. This annual plant grows in open areas and under shrubs in deep alluvial sands. Primary threats to this taxon are probably agricultural development and invasive weeds.
Range Extent Comments
Known only from Nye County, Nevada (Cochrane and Day 1994).
Occurrences Comments
In Nevada, there are four extant occurrences recorded (Nevada Natural Heritage Program 1999).
Threat Impact Comments
Primary threats are probably agricultural development and invasive weeds (Jim Morefield, personal communication 1999).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Occurs in deep alluvial sands on floors and lower slopes of north-south trending Basin and Range valleys of northern Nye County, Nevada, at an elevational range of 1463-1828 m. Grows in open areas and under shrubs in Great Basin vegetation typical of sandy valley floor habitats dominated by Atriplex canescens and Achnatherum hymenoides (Cochrane and Day 1994).
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN3
ProvinceRankNative
NevadaS3Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
Nevada (2)
AreaForestAcres
SaulsburyHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest30,957
Warm SpringsHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest29,540
References (5)
  1. Cochrane, S. A. and A. G. Day. 1994. A heterostylous <i>Gilia </i>(Polemoniaceae) from central Nevada. Madrono 41: 120-127.
  2. Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  3. Morefield, Jim. Personal Communication. Botanist, Nevada Natural Heritage Program, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Carson City, Nevada.
  4. Nevada Natural Heritage Program. 1999. February 19-last update. List of sensitive plants. Online. Available: http://www.state.nv.us/nvnhp/sensplnt.htm. Accessed 1999, June 3.
  5. Porter, J.M. 1998. <i>Aliciella</i>, a recircumscribed genus of Polemoniaceae. Aliso 17(1): 23-46.