Notes on Endangered Buckwheats (Eriogonum: Polygonaceae) with Three Newly Described from the Western United States
Reveal JL. 1981. Notes on Endangered Buckwheats (Eriogonum: Polygonaceae) with Three Newly Described from the Western United States. Brittonia. 33(3):441-448
One of the buckwheat species discussed in this article is Eriogonum grande var. dunklei from San Miguel Island. Three unnamed buckwheats listed by the USA Fish and Wildlife Service in Dec. 1980 as potentially endangered or threatened plants as formally proposed: E. crosbyae sp. nov. from Lake County, Oregon; E. grande var. dunklei var. nov. from San Miguel Island, Santa Barbara County, California and E. ovalifolium var. williamsiae var. nov. from Washoe County, Nevada. Several other species proposed by the Fish and Wildlife Serve as potentially endangered or threatened (E. allenii, E. correllii, E. eremicum, E. floridanum, E. lemmonii, E. sp./sp. nov. ined. [= E. libertini], E. tumulosum, E. umbellatum var./var. nov. ined., E. umbellatum var. minus, E. vestitum and E. zionis var. coccineum) are discussed and evidence is given why they cannot be considered endangered or threatened under the present Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Reveal, James
- Units
- CHIS
- Keywords
- Pacific Island buckwheat (Eriogonum grande var. rubescens), Plant Studies, San Miguel Island Channel Islands National Park CA, Threatened & Endangered Species