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Camissoniopsis ignota

(Jepson) W.L. Wagner & Hoch

Jurupa Hills Suncup

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.131900

Element CodePDONA030S0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderMyrtales

FamilyOnagraceae

GenusCamissoniopsis

Synonyms

Camissonia ignota(Jepson) Raven

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 Date2007-03-24

Change Date2007-03-24

Edition Date2007-03-24

Edition AuthorsDavis, G.

Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences21 to >300

Rank Reasons

Camissonia ignota has a broad range in central and southern California and it extends down into Baja California. It has been widely and fairly frequently collected and occurs in a fairly broad elevation range and in a mix of habitats which are common in California.

Range Extent Comments

In California Camissonia ignota occurs in the following bioregions: central High Sierra Nevada (Madera County), Sacramento Valley (uncommon), Central Western California, Southwestern California (including Santa Cruz Island); also ranges to northern Baja California (Hickman 1993).

Occurrences Comments

The precise number of distinct occurrences is unknown, however, there are 156 accession records in the Consortium of California Herbaria database as of March 2007; about half of these have been collected since 1980.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Generally clay fields, slopes in coastal-sage scrub or chaparral, sandy soils in mountains (Hickman 1993).

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
California	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

California (3)

Area	Forest	Acres
Black Mountain	Los Padres National Forest	16,818
La Panza	Los Padres National Forest	4,954
Ladd	Cleveland National Forest	5,300

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). 2021. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 10. Magnoliophyta: Proteaceae to Elaeagnaceae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiv + 456 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.