(Bentham) J.R. Abbott
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1321848
Element CodePDPGL022C0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderPolygalales
FamilyPolygalaceae
GenusHebecarpa
Concept ReferenceFlora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2021. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 10. Magnoliophyta: Proteaceae to Elaeagnaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 456 pp.
Taxonomic CommentsThis record is for Hebecarpa obscura including Polygala piliophora as recognized in Abbott's treatment in FNA (2021, vol. 10) which says, "The key feature provided by S. F. Blake for diagnosing Polygala piliophora ... as distinct from Hebecarpa obscura was having aril lobes subequal or smaller than the apical umbo portion of the aril (versus longer than the umbo) ... Collections of H. obscura from scattered localities can have a reduced helmetlike aril, with the lobe region subequal or smaller than the apical umbo portion. The length of the aril lobe is not only variable within H. obscura but is a feature that varies within many species of Hebecarpa." Polygala piliophora was accepted as distinct by Kearney & Peebles, Arizona Flora (1951) and by Kartesz (1994 and 1999).