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Tropidocarpum californicum

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Species of flowering plant

Tropidocarpum californicum
Conservation status

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Tropidocarpum
Species: T. californicum
Binomial name
Tropidocarpum californicum
(Al-Shehbaz) Al-Shehbaz
Synonyms

Twisselmannia californica Al-Shehbaz

Tropidocarpum californicum, the king's gold, is a plant species endemic to a small region in California. It is known from only Kern and King counties in the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley.

Tropidocarpum californicum is an ascending or decumbent herb up to 25 cm tall. Leaves are up to 6 cm long, getting smaller the further up the stem. Flowers are yellow. fruits triangular.

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. NRCS. "Twisselmannia californica". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Tropidocarpum californicum in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". Retrieved 16 January 2017.
  4. Garden., Missouri Botanical (1 January 2003). "Novon". v. 13 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. Garden., Missouri Botanical (1 January 1999). "Novon". v. 9 1999. Retrieved 16 January 2017. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Al-Shehbaz, I. A. and R. A. Price. 2001. The Chilean Agallis and Californian Tropidocarpum (Brassicaceae) are congeneric. Novon 11: 292-293.
  7. Robinson, B. L. 1896. The fruit of Tropidocarpum. Erythea 4: 108-119.
Taxon identifiers
Tropidocarpum californicum
Twisselmannia californica
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