Lathrocasis
| Lathrocasis | |
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| Bodie Hills south of Willow Springs, Mono County, California | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Polemoniaceae |
| Genus: | Lathrocasis L.A.Johnson |
| Species: | L. tenerrima |
| Binomial name | |
| Lathrocasis tenerrima (A.Gray) L.A.Johnson | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Lathrocasis is a genus of flowering plants in the phlox family from the western United States and British Columbia. The genus has one species, Lathrocasis tenerrima, commonly delicate gilia.
Taxonomy
In 1870 Asa Gray described a new species in the Gilia genus which he named Gilia tenerrima.[2] This species was then moved several times,[2] but was placed in a new genus by Leigh Alma Johnson in 2000.[3] Gray described the species from a specimen collected in Utah in hills near the Bear River in 1869.[4] The genus is classified as part of the Polemoniaceae family and is a monotypic taxon.[3] Lathrocasis tenerrima is the accepted name according to Plants of the World Online,[2] although it is still listed as Gilia tenerrima in sources such as NatureServe.[1] The species has no subspecies and four homotypic synonyms.[2]
| Name | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Allophyllum tenerrimum (A.Gray) V.E.Grant | 1998 | Published 1999 |
| Gilia tenerrima A.Gray | 1870 | |
| Navarretia tenerrima (A.Gray) Kuntze | 1891 | |
| Tintinabulum tenerrimum (A.Gray) A.G.Day & V.E.Grant | 1998 | Published 1999 |
Names
Lathrocasis tenerrima is known by the common names delicate gilia or delicate gily-flower.[1][5]
References
Citations
- 1 2 3 NatureServe 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 POWO 2026b.
- 1 2 POWO 2026a.
- ↑ Cronquist et al. 1984, p. 133.
- ↑ Johnson 1999, p. 376.
Sources
Books
- Cronquist, Arthur; Holmgren, Arthur H.; Holmgren, Noel H.; Reveal, James L.; Holmgren, Patricia K. (1984). Intermountain Flora : Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A.. Vol. Four. Subclass Asteridae (except Asteraceae). New York: Published for the New York Botanical Garden by Hafner Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-89327-248-7. OCLC 320442. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- Johnson, Timothy (1999). CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-1187-1. OCLC 39765430.
Web sources
- NatureServe (2 July 2026). "Gilia tenerrima". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- POWO (2026a). "Lathrocasis L.A.Johnson". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- POWO (2026b). "Lathrocasis tenerrima (A.Gray) L.A.Johnson". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 July 2026.