Castilleja chambersii (Scrophulariaceae), a new rare species from the northern Coast Range of Oregon

Authors
Egger, M Meinke, RJ
Citation
M. Egger et Rj. Meinke, Castilleja chambersii (Scrophulariaceae), a new rare species from the northern Coast Range of Oregon, BRITTONIA, 51(4), 1999, pp. 445-451
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
BRITTONIA
ISSN journal
0007196X → ACNP
Volume
51
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
445 - 451
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-196X(199910/12)51:4<445:CC(ANR>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Castilleja chambersii is described from several collections made in the Coa st Range of southwestern Clatsop County, Oregon. The new species is a membe r of subgenus Castilleja and is most closely related to C. parviflora and C . rupicola. This rare species is known from only three small and geographic ally restricted populations. Two new meiotic chromosome counts of n = 12 ar e reported for the new species.