Munzothamnus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Microseridinae
Genus: Munzothamnus
Species: M. blairii
Name

Munzothamnus P.H.Raven, 1963
References

Raven, P.H. , 1963. Aliso 5: 345.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Munzothamnus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 31. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Munzothamnus. Published online. Accessed: Mar. 31 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Munzothamnus in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 31.
Tropicos.org 2019. Munzothamnus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Mar. 31.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Munzothamnus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Munzothamnus is a monotypic genus[1][2] of flowering plants in the daisy family containing the single species Munzothamnus blairii, which is known by the common name Blair's wirelettuce, or Blair's munzothamnus. It is endemic to San Clemente Island, one of the Channel Islands of California. It grows along steep, rocky cliffsides and canyons on the island. It is a shrub producing a fleshy, woolly stem usually over a meter in height, often approaching two meters. Leaves occur in tufts at the ends of the stem branches. They are up to 15 centimeters long, oblong in shape, and sometimes very shallowly lobed. They are woolly when new but lose their hairs and become shiny green with age. The inflorescence is a large array of up to 35 flower heads. Each head has a cylindrical base under a centimetre long and contains 9 to 12 light lavender or pinkish flowers. Each flower is a ray floret with an erect tube and a strap-shaped ligule with a toothed tip. The ligule is just under a centimetre long. The fruit is a cylindrical, ribbed achene with a white pappus.

Like many Channel Islands endemics, this plant was reduced to rarity by the presence of feral goats on the islands; the goats have been removed.[3]

The Latin name of Munzothamnus refers to the American botanist Philip A. Munz.[4][5]
References

Flora of North America: Munzothamnus
Lee, J.; Baldwin, B. G.; Gottlieb, L. D. (2002). "Phylogeny of Stephanomeria and related genera (Compositae–Lactuceae) based on analysis of 18S–26S nuclear rDNA ITS and ETS sequences". Am J Bot. 89 (1): 160–68. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.1.160. PMID 21669723.
The Nature Conservancy
"Munz, Philip Alexander (1892-1974)". Jstor. Ithaka. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
Lenz, Lee W. (1959). "Hybridization and Speciation in the Pacific Coast Irises". Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany. 4 (2): 237–309.