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BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAIN PLANTS Identifi Cation, Ecology, and Ethnobotany BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAIN PLANTS Identifi cation, Ecology, and Ethnobotany DANIEL F. AUSTIN with linguistic consultant, David L. Shaul The University of Arizona Press Tucson From Baboquivari Mountain Plants by Daniel F. Austin. © 2010 The Arizona Board of Regents. Reprinted by permission of the University of Arizona Press. A5186.indb iii 1/26/10 2:01:11 PM Th e University of Arizona Press © Th e Arizona Board of Regents All rights reserved www.uapress.arizona.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Austin, Daniel F. Baboquivari mountain plants : identifi cation, ecology, and ethnobotany / Daniel F. Austin ; with linguistic consultant, David L. Shaul. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ---- . Mountain plants—Arizona—Baboquivari Peak— Identifi cation. Mountain plants—Ecology—Arizona. Indians of North America—Ethnobotany—Arizona. I. Title. QK.A .′—dc Publication of this book is made possible in part by a grant from the Arizona Native Plant Society and the proceeds of a permanent endowment created with the assistance of a Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a federal agency. Manufactured in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper containing a minimum of % post- consumer waste and processed chlorine free. From Baboquivari Mountain Plants by Daniel F. Austin. © 2010 The Arizona Board of Regents. Reprinted by permission of the University of Arizona Press. A5186.indb iv 1/26/10 2:01:11 PM CONTENTS Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction History and Human Infl uences Selection of Species Format of Presentation of Species Linguistic Conventions and Pronunciation Common Plants Appendix: Plants of the Baboquivari Mountain Chain References Cited Index to Names From Baboquivari Mountain Plants by Daniel F. Austin. © 2010 The Arizona Board of Regents. Reprinted by permission of the University of Arizona Press. A5186.indb vii 1/26/10 2:01:14 PM Appendix: Plants of the Baboquivari Mountain Chain Th is inventory is a preliminary list because there AGAVACEAE are added species being found regularly within the mountain ranges. Th e localities cited are based on Agave palmeri Engelmann specimens from mountain ranges to the north and Brown Canyon, Th omas Canyon south of the Baboquivari Mountains that are rarely Agave parvifl ora Torrey subsp. parvifl ora distinguished. Although the fl oras of these four Brown Canyon ranges (Coyote, Quinlan, Baboquivari, and Pozo Agave schottii Engelmann Verde Mountains) overlap greatly, none are thor- Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon oughly collected and studied. Th ere are probably Dasylirion wheeleri S. Watson species in the list that occur in some but not other Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon ranges of these mountains. Species that are known in Nolina microcarpa S. Watson the valleys that extend upward into the lower reaches Brown Canyon, Th omas Canyon of canyons are also included. Collections are from Yucca baccata Torrey var. brevifolia (Schott ex Tor- the Baboquivari Mountains unless the other range is rey) L. D. Benson & R. A. Darrow [Yucca arizo- named. Specimens are deposited at ARIZ, ASU, and nica McKelvey; Yucca ×schottii Engelmann (pro BANWR (Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge) parte)] unless otherwise noted (acronyms follow the system Baboquivari Canyon; Pozo Verde Mountains; Quin- developed for Index Herbariorum and now available lan Mountains online at http://sciweb.nybg.org/science/IndexHer bariorum.asp). Names are current as of July , . ALLIACEAE Allium plummerae S. Watson ACANTHACEAE Baboquivari Canyon Anisacanthus thurberi (Torrey) A. Gray Nothoscordum texanum M. E. Jones Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon, Th omas Can- Brown Canyon, Fresnal Canyon yon; Coyote Mountains Carlowrightia arizonica A. Gray AMARANTHACEAE Quinlan Mountains Dicliptera resupinata (Vahl) Jussieu [Dicliptera Alternanthera pungens Kunth [Alternanthera repens pseudoverticillaris A. Gray] (Linnaeus) Link non J. F. Gmelin] Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon, Fresnal Can- Brown Canyon yon, Toro Canyon Amaranthus fi mbriatus (Torrey) Bentham Elytraria imbricata (Vahl) Persoon Brown Canyon; Coyote Mountains Brown Canyon Amaranthus palmeri S. Watson Justicia californica (Bentham) D. Gibson [Beloperone Brown Canyon; Quinlan Mountains californica Bentham] Amaranthus powellii S. Watson Fresnal Canyon, South Canyon; Coyote Mountains Coyote Mountains, Quinlan Pass Justicia longii Hilsenbeck [Siphonoglossa longifl ora Amaranthus torreyi (A. Gray) Bentham ex S. Watson (Torrey) A. Gray] Bear Canyon Baboquivari Canyon, Canyon Wash; Coyote Froelichia arizonica Th ornber Mountains Th omas Canyon Ruellia nudifl ora (Engelmann & A. Gray) Urban Gomphrena caespitosa Torrey Baboquivari Canyon, Toro Canyon Brown Canyon, Th omas Canyon Tetramerium nervosum Nees [T. hispidum Nees] Gomphrena sonorae Torrey Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon, Fresnal Can- Baboquivari Canyon, Bear Canyon, Brown Canyon, yon, South Canyon, Th omas Canyon, Toro Canyon Th omas Canyon, Toro Canyon; Coyote Mountains From Baboquivari Mountain Plants by Daniel F. Austin. © 2010 The Arizona Board of Regents. Reprinted by permission of the University of Arizona Press. A5186.indb 281 1/26/10 2:04:50 PM Baboquivari Mountain Plants Guilleminea densa (Willdenow) Moquin [Brayu- Amsonia palmeri A. Gray linea densa (Willdenow) Small] Sycamore Canyon Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon, Th omas Haplophyton crooksii (L. D. Benson) L. D. Benson) Canyon [H. cimicidum of authors not A. De Candolle, Iresine heterophylla Standley H. cimicidum A. De Candolle var. crooksii L. D. Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon; Coyote Benson] Mountains Baboquivari Canyon, Baboquivari Peak, Brown Can- Tidestromia lanuginosa (Nuttall) Standley subsp. yon, Sabino Canyon; Coyote Mountains eliassonii Sánchez-del Rio & Flores Olivera Brown Canyon; Coyote Mountains; Quinlan ARALIACEAE Mountains Aralia humilis Cavanilles ANACARDIACEAE Baboquivari Peak, Brown Canyon, Forest Cabin Canyon, South Canyon, Sycamore Canyon, Rhus aromatica Aiton var. trilobata (Nuttall ex Tor- Th omas Canyon, Toro Canyon rey & A. Gray) A. Gray [Rhus trilobata Nuttall ex Torrey & A. Gray, Rhus trilobata Nuttall ex Torrey & A. Gray var. pilosissima Engler, Rhus emoryi ARISTOLOCHIACEAE (Greene) Wooton] Aristolochia watsonii Wooton & Standley Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon, Th omas Can- Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon; Coyote Moun- yon; Quinlan Mountains tains; Quinlan Mountains Rhus virens Lindheimer ex A. Gray [Rhus virens var. choriophylla (Wooton & Standley) L. D. Benson, Rhus choriophylla Wooton & Standley] ASCLEPIADACEAE Jaguar Canyon Asclepias asperula (Decaisne) Woodson Toxicodendron radicans (Linnaeus) O. Kuntze Brown Canyon, Th omas Canyon [Rhus radicans Linnaeus] Asclepias brachystephana Engelmann ex Torrey Brown Canyon Baboquivari Mountains Asclepias glaucescens Kunth [Asclepias elata APIACEAE Bentham] Bowlesia incana Ruiz & Pavón Brown Canyon Brown Canyon, Fresnal Canyon Asclepias involucrata Engelmann ex Torrey Daucus pusillus Michaux Baboquivari Peak, Brown Canyon Brown Canyon, Fresnal Canyon, Toro Canyon; Coy- Asclepias lemmoni A. Gray ote Mountains; Pozo Verde Mountains Brown Canyon Lomatium nevadense (S. Watson) Coulter & Rose Asclepias linaria Cavanilles var. parishii (Coulter & Rose) Jepson Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon, Forest Cabin Brown Canyon Canyon, Fresnal Canyon, Spring Canyon; Coy- Spermolepis echinata (Nuttall ex De Candolle) Heller ote Mountains; Pozo Verde Mountains; Quinlan Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon, Th omas Can- Mountains yon; Coyote Mountains; Quinlan Mountains Asclepias quinquedentata A. Gray Yabea microcarpa (Hooker & Arnott) Koso-Polák Quinlan Mountains [Caucalis microcarpa Hooker & Arnott] Cynanchum arizonicum (A. Gray) Shinners [Metas- Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon, Fresnal Can- telma arizonicum A. Gray] yon, Toro Canyon Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon, Fresnal Can- yon, Ventana Peak, E of San Miguel, Virtud Tank APOCYNACEAE area; Coyote Mountains; Pozo Verde Mountains Funastrum crispum (Bentham) Schlechter [Sarcos- Amsonia kearneyana Woodson temma crispum Bentham] Brown Canyon, Baboquivari Peak, South Canyon Brown Canyon From Baboquivari Mountain Plants by Daniel F. Austin. © 2010 The Arizona Board of Regents. Reprinted by permission of the University of Arizona Press. A5186.indb 282 1/26/10 2:04:51 PM Appendix: Plants of the Baboquivari Mountain Chain Funastrum cynanchoides (Decaisne) Schlechter Baccharis brachyphylla A. Gray [Sarcostemma cynanchoides Decaisne] Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon, Sabino Brown Canyon Wash Canyon Gonolobus arizonicus (A. Gray) Woodson [Matelea Baccharis emoryi A. Gray arizonica (A. Gray) Shinners] Jaguar Canyon Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon, Forest Cabin Baccharis pteronioides De Candolle Canyon, South Canyon; Coyote Mountains Pozo Verde Mountains Baccharis salicifolia (Ruiz & Pavón) Persoon ASPLENIACEAE [B. glutinosa Persoon] Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon Asplenium dalhousiae Hooker Baccharis sarothroides A. Gray Baboquivari Canyon, Moristo Canyon Brown Canyon Asplenium palmeri Maxon Baccharis thesioides Kunth Baboquivari Canyon, Brown Canyon, north of Baboquivari Peak, Brown Canyon, Fresnal Canyon, Moristo Canyon Jaguar Canyon, Virtud Tank area; Pozo Verde Asplenium resiliens Kunze Mountains Baboquivari Peak Bahia absinthifolia var. dealbata (A. Gray) A. Gray Brown Canyon ASTERACEAE Bidens aurea (Aiton) Sherff Brown Canyon, Moristo Canyon; Quinlan Acourtia wrightii (A. Gray) Reveal & King [Perezia Mountains wrightii A. Gray] Bidens bigelovii
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