Palmerella is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It has only one known species, Palmerella debilis, long known by the synonym Lobelia dunnii. It is native to 8 counties in southern California (San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Monterey) plus the northern part of Baja California.[1][2][3][4]
The oldest name for the plant is Palmerella debilis, coined by Asa Gray in 1876. Greene in 1889 wanted to move the species to the genus Lobelia, but could not use the name Lobelia debilis, because that name had already been used for a different plant by Linnaeus f. in 1782. Hence Greene created the replacement name Lobelia dunnii. More recent publications favor reverting to Gray's older name.[5]
Two subspecies are recognized:[1][5]
Palmerella is a genus of plants in the family Campanulaceae. It has only one known species, Palmerella debilis, long known by the synonym Lobelia dunnii. It is native to 8 counties in southern California (San Diego, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Monterey) plus the northern part of Baja California.
The oldest name for the plant is Palmerella debilis, coined by Asa Gray in 1876. Greene in 1889 wanted to move the species to the genus Lobelia, but could not use the name Lobelia debilis, because that name had already been used for a different plant by Linnaeus f. in 1782. Hence Greene created the replacement name Lobelia dunnii. More recent publications favor reverting to Gray's older name.
Two subspecies are recognized:
Palmerella debilis subsp. debilis - Baja California Palmerella debilis subsp. serrata (A.Gray) Lammers - California and Baja CaliforniaPalmerella es un género monotípico de plantas perteneciente a la familia Campanulaceae. Contiene una única especie: Palmerella debilis A.Gray.[1] Es originaria del oeste de Norteamérica por donde se distribuye desde California en Estados Unidos hasta Baja California de México.[2][3]
Tiene un tamaño de alrededor de 2 metros de altura y flores azules con 5 pétalos. Dos pétalos son pequeños, mientras que los otros tres son de gran tamaño.[4] Florece de junio a octubre. Por lo general se encuentran en las orillas de los arroyos, charcas u otros lugares húmedos.[5]
Palmerella debilis fue descrita por Asa Gray y publicado en Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 11: 80–81. 1876.[6]
Palmerella es un género monotípico de plantas perteneciente a la familia Campanulaceae. Contiene una única especie: Palmerella debilis A.Gray. Es originaria del oeste de Norteamérica por donde se distribuye desde California en Estados Unidos hasta Baja California de México.
Palmerella debilis là loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa chuông. Loài này được A.Gray mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1876.[1]
Palmerella debilis là loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hoa chuông. Loài này được A.Gray mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1876.