2 NEW SPECIES OF PENSTEMON (SCROPHULARIACEAE, SECT. SACCANTHERA) FROMNEVADA, USA

Authors
HOLMGREN NH
Citation
Nh. Holmgren, 2 NEW SPECIES OF PENSTEMON (SCROPHULARIACEAE, SECT. SACCANTHERA) FROMNEVADA, USA, Brittonia, 50(2), 1998, pp. 159-164
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
Brittonia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0007196X
Volume
50
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
159 - 164
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-196X(1998)50:2<159:2NSOP(>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Two new species of Penstemon (Scrophulariaceae: sect. Saccanthera) fro m Nevada, U.S.A. Brittonia 50. 159-164. 1998.--Two Nevada species are described here for the first time: Penstemon tiehmii N. H. Holmgren, w hich is endemic to Mount Lewis of the Shoshone Range in Lander County; and Penstemon rhizomatosus N. H. Holmgren, which is endemic to the ce ntral Schell Creek Range in White Pine County. They both belong to sec tion Saccanthera and are closely related to P. kingii S. Watson, a Gre at Basin endemic of valley sagebrush habitats. Both new species are ta lus plants of higher elevations and differ from P. kingii principally in their rhizomatous habit, petiolate leaves, and pubescence of shorte r hairs.