Rupertia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Psoraleeae
Genus: Rupertia
Species: R. hallii – R. physodes – R. rigida
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rupertia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 29. Reference page.

Name

Rupertia J.W.Grimes, 1990

Type species: Psoralea physodes Douglas.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
British Columbia, California, Idaho, Mexico Northwest, Oregon, Washington
Introduced into:
Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

Rupertia physodes — California tea, Forest scurfpea. Taken on the Deerleg Trail in Malibu Creek State Park — Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Southern California.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Grimes, J.W., 1990. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 61: 52

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rupertia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Rupertia. Published online. Accessed: May 29 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Rupertia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 29.
Hassler, M. 2021. Rupertia. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 May 29. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Rupertia. Accessed: 29 May 2021.

Vernacular names
English: Forest scurfpea, California tea

Rupertia is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. There are three species native to western North America, especially California.[1] Two of the species are quite rare.

Three species:

Rupertia hallii (Rydb.) J.W. Grimes
Rupertia physodes (Douglas ex Hook.) J.W.Grimes
Rupertia rigida (Parish) J.W.Grimes

References

Jepson Manual Treatment