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Goodmania luteola

(Parry) Reveal & Ertter

Golden Goodmania

G3Vulnerable Found in 10 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G3VulnerableGlobal Rank

UnknownThreat Impact

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.142242

Element CodePDPGN0B010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderPolygonales

FamilyPolygonaceae

GenusGoodmania

Synonyms

Oxytheca luteolaParry

Other Common Names

yellow spinecape (EN) Yellow Spinecape (EN)

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 Date2006-06-02

Change Date2006-06-02

Edition Date2005-08-25

Edition AuthorsBroaddus, L. (7/91); rev. J. Snyder (6/95); rev. G. Thunhorst (4/96), R. Bittman 2005

Threat ImpactUnknown

Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences21 - 80

Rank Reasons

Range is limited to central and southern California and western Nevada. However, it occurs in at least 7 counties in California with well over 20 occurrences. CNDDB suspects, but does not know if, there are more occurrences out there. The plant is small and probably easily overlooked. Although the Central Valley habitat for this plant may be largely gone, it's habitat in the Mojave may yet be vast and undersurveyed. Basic inventory work is needed.

Range Extent Comments

Central and southern California (Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Madera, Mono, and Tulare counties); Mineral county in western Nevada (Skinner and Pavlik 1994).

Occurrences Comments

One occurrence in Mineral County, Nevada (pers. comm. to M. Martinez from Jim Morefield, June 30, 1995); 14 sites noted for California (Reveal and Ertter 1976). As of April, 1996, over 20 occurrences are estimated to be distributed over at least 7 counties in California (Roxanne Bittman, personal communication). This plant is a California Native Plant Society List 4 suggesting there are many more populations in the field than the CNDDB currently knows of.

Threat Impact Comments

May be threatened by groundwater lowering and trampling by cattle (Skinner and Pavlik 1994).

Ecology & Habitat

Diagnostic Characteristics

Monotypic genus: perianth hairy, especially at base; involucral bracts composed of 5 awned segments, linear-lanceolate; leaf-like bracts opposite.

Habitat

Poorly-drained soils, alkaline valley and foothill grasslands, Mojavean desert scrub, dry lake beds, flats, sinks, basins, meadows, seeps, and playas (Skinner and Pavlik 1994).

Terrestrial Habitats

Grassland/herbaceousDesertPlaya/salt flat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN3

Province	Rank	Native
California	S3	Yes
Nevada	S1	Yes

Plant Characteristics

DurationANNUAL

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (10)

California (8)

Area	Forest	Acres
Benton Range	Inyo National Forest	9,637
Black Canyon	Inyo National Forest	32,421
Boundary Peak (CA)	Inyo National Forest	210,884
Glass Mountain	Inyo National Forest	52,867
Paiute	Inyo National Forest	58,712
Sherwin	Inyo National Forest	3,140
Soldier Canyon	Inyo National Forest	40,589
Watterson	Inyo National Forest	6,922

Nevada (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Long Valley	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	50,472
Mt. Hicks	Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest	15,698

References (6)

Abrams, L. 1944. Illustrated flora of the Pacific states: Washington, Oregon, and California. Vol. 2. Polygonaceae to Krameriaceae. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, California. 635 pp.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2005. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 5. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae: Caryophyllales, Polygonales, and Plumbaginales. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. vii + 656 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.
Reveal, J. L., and B. J. Ertter. 1976. <i>Goodmania </i>(Polygonaceae), a new genus from California. Brittonia 28: 427-429.
Skinner, M.W., and B.M. Pavlik, eds. 1994. California Native Plant Society's Inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California. 5th edition. California Native Plant Society, Sacramento. 338 pp.