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Taxon: Drymaria arenarioides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.

Genus: Drymaria
Family: Caryophyllaceae subfamily: Paronychioideae tribe: Polycarpeae.
Nomen number: 316379
Place of publication: Syst. veg. 5:406. 1819
Comment: authorship verified from original literature, where the name is ascribed to Humb. & Bonpl. and the diagnosis and brief description to Reliq. Willd. MS, notes provided to Schultes by Schlechtendal (see Vienna ICBN Art. 46, Ex. 11)
Name verified on: 23-Mar-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 19-Jul-2007
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE FEDERAL AND STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS.
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
AZ*°, FL*, MA*, NC*, NM*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • alfombrilla   (Source: State Noxweed Seed )
  • drimária   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005)
  • lightningweed   (Source: USDA-APHIS)

Economic importance:

  • Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury)
  • Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide USDA/APHIS)
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Distributional range:

Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Sur, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Zacatecas
    Central Mexico: Mexico - Guanajuato, Hidalgo

References:

  • Duke, J. A. 1961. Preliminary revision of the genus Drymaria. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 48:196. [lists as D. arenarioides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Roem. & Schult.].
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1979–. Flora fanerogámica del Valle de México. (F Valle Mex) [lists as D. arenarioides Willd.].
  • Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes) [lists as D. arenarioides Willd.].
  • Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California. (F Baja) [lists as D. arenarioides Willd.].
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Check other databases for Drymaria arenarioides Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316379 (22 November 2009)

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