Layia carnosa information from NPGS/GRIN

United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area
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Taxon: Layia carnosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray

Genus: Layia
Family: Asteraceae (alt. Compositae).
Nomen number: 319837
Place of publication: Fl. N. Amer. 2:394. 1843
Name verified on: 15-Mar-2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 15-Mar-2012
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 3 in National Plant Germplasm System.

SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED

Species on the following lists:

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Endangered
Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

beach layia (Source: US Fish & Wildl List ) – English

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [n.w. & w.-c. (coastal)]

References:

FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Layia carnosa.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Layia carnosa.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Layia carnosa.

Synonyms:

(≡) Madaroglossa carnosa Nutt. (basionym)

Check other web resources for Layia carnosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A. Gray:

Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
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.

Check other web resources for images:

PlantSystematics.org
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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
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?319837 (23 May 2013)

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