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Aphyllon epigalium

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Bedstraw Broomrape

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1299053
Element CodePDORO05010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusProvisional
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderScrophulariales
FamilyOrobanchaceae
GenusAphyllon
Concept Reference
Schneider, A.C. and B.E. Benton. 2021. Morphometrics and redescription of Aphyllon fasciculatum and Aphyllon franciscanum, two widespread but previously conflated species in western North America. Systematic Botany 46(2): 446–455.
Taxonomic Comments
Schneider and Benton (2021) split Orobanche fasciculata into Aphylon fasciculatum, A. franciscanum, and A. epigalium, with two subspecies: A. epigalium ssp. epigalium and A. epigalium ssp. notocalifornicum (Colwell et al. 2017, Schneider and Benton 2021).
Conservation Status
Rank Method Rank calculation - Biotics v2
Review Date2024-01-24
Change Date2024-01-24
Edition Date2024-01-24
Edition AuthorsTomainio, A. (2024)
Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 - 300
Rank Reasons
Aphyllon epigalium is known from southern Oregon to central California (ssp. epigalium), and montane southern California (ssp. notocalifornicum).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN4
ProvinceRankNative
CaliforniaSNRYes
OregonSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (16)
California (13)
AreaForestAcres
Bald RockPlumas National Forest4,675
Blue Creek Rare ISix Rivers National Forest12,134
East ForkShasta-Trinity National Forest6,201
KangarooKlamath National Forest40,617
KellySix Rivers National Forest5,195
Mt. EddyShasta-Trinity National Forest7,232
Mt. LassicSix Rivers National Forest6,643
Penney RidgeShasta-Trinity National Forest5,226
PortugueseKlamath National Forest18,915
RubiconEldorado National Forest4,872
SiskiyouKlamath National Forest54,039
Siskiyou BSix Rivers National Forest18,871
Wilderness ContiguousMendocino National Forest3,606
Oregon (3)
AreaForestAcres
DoneganUmpqua National Forest5,914
Jackson Creek AppendageUmpqua National Forest4,673
Limpy RockUmpqua National Forest6,782
References (2)
  1. Colwell, A.E.L., K.C. Watson, A.C. Schneider. 2017. A new species of <i>Aphyllon </i>(Orobanchaceae) parasitic on <i>Galium </i>in the western USA. Madroño 64(3):99-107.
  2. Schneider, A.C. and B.E. Benton. 2021. Morphometrics and redescription of <i>Aphyllon fasciculatum</i> and <i>Aphyllon franciscanum</i>, two widespread but previously conflated species in western North America. Systematic Botany 46(2): 446–455.