Lilaeopsis schaffneriana

Lilaeopsis schaffneriana
ssp. recurva
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Lilaeopsis
Species:	L. schaffneriana
Binomial name
Lilaeopsis schaffneriana (Schltdl.) J.M.Coult. & Rose[1]
Subspecies
L. s. subsp. recurva (A.W.Hill) Affolter[1] L. s. subsp. schaffneriana[1] (autonym)
Synonyms[1][2][3]
Crantzia schaffneriana Schltdl. (basionym) C. s. fo. aquatica Schltdl. C. s. fo. subterrestris Schltdl. Crantziola schaffneriana Koso-Pol. Lilaeopsis recurva A.W.Hill [ = L. schaffneriana subsp. recurva ] L. schaffneriana var. aquatica (Schltdl.) A.W.Hill L. s. var. subterrestris A.W.Hill

Lilaeopsis schaffneriana is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names Schaffner's grasswort^[4] and cienega false rush.^[5]

• L. schaffneriana subsp. schaffneriana is found in Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Mexico (in the Federal District and the following states: Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, and Tlaxcala).^[6]

• L. schaffneriana subsp. recurva (Huachuca water umbel), is a federally listed endangered species of the United States. It is limited to desert wetlands, including a rare type of desert marsh habitat called a cienega. There are 8 populations in Arizona and four more south of the border in Mexico.^[7]

References

1.  Under its current treatment as Lilaeopsis schaffneriana, this species was published in Botanical Gazette 24: 48. 1897. GRIN (April 28, 2000). "Lilaeopsis schaffneriana information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
2. "Name - Lilaeopsis schaffneriana (Schltdl.) J.M.Coult. & Rose synonyms". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
3.  Crantzia schaffneriana, the basionym of Lilaeopsis schaffneriana, was first described and published in Linnaea 26: 370. 1854. "Name - !Crantzia schaffneriana Schltdl.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
4. "Profile for Lilaeopsis schaffneriana (Schaffner's grasswort)". PLANTS Database. USDA, NRCS. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
5. "Lilaeopsis schaffneriana var. recurva (Cienega False Rush)". NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life. Arlington, Virginia: The Nature Conservancy. July 2011. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
6. GRIN (December 15, 1999). "Lilaeopsis schaffneriana subsp. schaffneriana information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
7. L. s. var. recurva. Center for Plant Conservation.

External links

• USFWS. Designation of Critical Habitat for the Huachuca Water Umbel, a Plant. Federal Register July 12, 1999.