Asparagaceae
Camassia

Camassia leichtlinii (Baker) S.Watson

First published in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 20: 376 (1885)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. British Columbia to Central California. It is a bulbous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

British Columbia, California, Oregon, Washington

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Species Profiles

  • Baker, J.G. (1877). Camassia esculenta var. leichtlinii. Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 103: tab. 6287.
  • Fischer, U. (2006). Wer war Max Leichtlin (1831-1910)? Grüner Anz. 5.
  • Mathew, B. (2004). Camassia leichtlinii ‘Lady Eva Price’. Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 205: 34-38.
  • Munz, P.A. (1959). A California Flora. University of California Press.
  • Phillips, R. & Rix, M. (1989). Bulbs. Pan/ Macmillan.
  • Turner, N.C. & Bell, M.A.M. (1971). The ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island. Econ. Bot. 25(1): 63-104.
  • World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010). The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K000802745 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fremont [s.n.] United States K002170266 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K000802746 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002170274 Yes
Suksdorf, W.N. [s.n.] United States K000802744 Unknown Type Material Yes
Macoun, J.M. [54061] Canada K002170268 Yes
s.coll. [280] United States K002170273 Yes
s.coll. [H.1261-13] K002170285 Yes
Halse, R. [4750] United States K002170278 Yes
s.coll. [2n-30] K002170383 No
Rosendahl, C.O. [1895] K002170269 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170280 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K002170275 Yes
Summers, L.A. [s.n.] K002170277 Yes
Hall, H.M.; Chandler, H.P. [226] United States K002170272 Yes
Leichtlin; Edinew [6/77] K002170283 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170282 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170284 Yes
Thompson, J.W.; Howell, P. [s.n.] United States K002170270 Yes
Thompson, J.W. [s.n.] United States K002170271 Yes
Lefflen [1007] K002170265 Yes
Lobb, W. [242] United States K001730554 Yes
Lyall [s.n.] K002170267 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002170281 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Species Profiles

    • Kew Species Profiles
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0