THE JEPSON GLOBE A Newsletter from the Friends a/The Jepson Herbarium

VOLUME 20 NUMBER 3, Fall 2010

Curator's Column: Distinguished Sabbatical Visitors Continuing Discoveries in Investigate California California Floristics Toward the end of last year, Bruce By Bruce G. Baldwin Baldwin hosted two distinguished As we conclude the final phase of visitors, Professor Joachim W. Kadereit editing of the revised Jepson Manual, from the Institute of Systematic most treatments already have been Botany and Botanic Garden, Johannes posted for online viewing (see http:// Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany, ucj eps. berkeley. edu/j epsonmanuall and Dr. Gudrun Kadereit from the review/) and the great magnitude of Botanical Institute, Univ. of Mainz. change in understanding ofCalifornia's They came to Berkeley with their four flora since 1993 is beginning to be children and while they were here, they absorbed by botanists everywhere, prior were involved in several collaborative to publication. An especially valuable projects described below. outcome of the effort by our many The two projects pursued by Joachim dedicated authors to produce revised during his visit originated from his floristic treatments for the new Manual interest in the systematics and phylogeny of and the subfamily is major progress in systematic studies Papaveroideae, which consists of two of Californian plants. As a result of The Bay Area Early Detection major lineages, a New World lineage the stimulus provided by the Manual Network - An Exciting New with Arctomecon, Argemone, Romneya, project, discoveries ofnew Californian Collaboration Canbya, Hesperomecon, Meconelia, and lineages have been made recently, The University and Jepson Her­ Platystemon, and a primarily Old World and are reflected in part by new taxa baria, along with more than 100 other lineage with Meconopsis, , recognized in the revised treatments. organizations, are now partners in the Roemeria, and Stylomecon. Other discoveries could not be Bay Area Early Detection Network In the mostly Old World lineage, incorporated in the revised Manual (BAEDN). BAEDN is an initiative that Papaver californ icum and Stylomecon because of insufficient time to publish coordinates early detection and rapid re­ heterophylla are the only New World formal descriptions of new taxa in sponse to plant invasions across the nine representatives (apart from some arctic­ scientific journals, but are nonetheless counties ofthe San Francisco Bay Area. alpine poppies). Although quite unlike in a by-product of the project and will be BAEDN works to proactively deal with capsule morphology - P californicum incorporated in the online version of the highest priority outbreaks before (Continued on page 5.) the Jepson Manual after valid publi­ they grow into large and costly threats. cation elsewhere. Our intent for the BAEDN partners are working together ALSO IN THIS ISSU E future is to revise floristic treatments to develop a scientifically rigorous list @ LeafYenation Enhancement as needed, so that the online Manual of the most harmful invasive plants, @ Mike Park Awarded a DDIG will track progress as it occurs rather train each other in detection techniques, than on a once-per-decade or longer make detections and report them to the @ Mistletoe Acquisition time interval. As the threats to Cali­ shared database, Calflora; intriguing @ Recent Books and Discoveries fornia's flora magnify and the pace of finds are vouchered and included in @ Welcome Jeanne Marie Acceturo discovery quickens, more vigilance will the Consortium of California Herbaria @ Welcome Amy Kasameyer be necessary to ensure that taxonomies database as well. Individual populations (Continued on page 4.) (Continued on page 10.) Cover image by Andrea Williams RECENT BOOKS AND DISCOVERIES FROM HERBARUIM ASSOCIATES

Franciscan Manzanita Rediscovered competition versus herbivory. species can be identified from pictures. The Franciscan manzanita has You can even identify mosses without ~~ 01101111 had a long history of attempts to save needing a hand lens, by matching -...~ ~ .~ it from destnlction, starting with Alice " leaves" to the illustrations. For more Eastwood saving specimens from the in-depth study, this book works well in burning California Academy after the conjunction with the descriptions and 1906 quake, and Lester Rowntree try­ keys to California Mosses by Norris and ing to save plants from the Laurel Hill Shevock in MadroFio 51 (1&2), 2004. Cemetery before it was bulldozed in 1947. Currently, Wild Equity Institute ~~ submitted a petition to list the species Magnificent Chinese and American under the Endangered Species Act. Redwoods (English and Chinese Edition) The recently found plants have Momei Chen (Editor) ISBN been relocated to a site within the 7030238990. Available for $45 from Presidio. Amazon.com and Save the Redwoods o ~~~~@ League. .J This bilingual overview ofall three ,:~;:: !-= redwood species, Metasequoia glypto­ 1_ '1 .; " r;~ '(.~ ~;o stroboides, Sequoia sempervirens, and Sequoiadendron giganteum, not only Labelfrom above specimen: gives the latest scientific evidence on

CALIFORNIA redwoods, but also tells stories of their 46016 discovery and preservation. Various Arctostaphylos franciscana Eastwood redwood locations are described along Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 32: 20 I, 1905 with their associated flora and fauna. TYPE LOCALITY SAN FRANCISCO New findings from Chen's research Locality: Laurel Hill Cemetery in China and the United States are Serp entine rock ou tcrop included. Alt. Ca. 300 ft. March 8, J 946 Collected by Lewis S. Rose

The San Francisco Manzanita. Arctostaphylos Fanciscana, thought to survive only in cultivation, was redis­ covered last year in the wild for the first time since J 942. Daniel Gluesenkamp of Audubon Canyon Ranch spotted it California Mosses by Bill and Nancy in a part of the Presidio where a new Malcolm, Jim Shevock, and Dan Nor­ highway is planned. ris. Micro-Optics Press, Nelson, New Gluesenkamp is currently Director Zealand, 2009. 430 pp. $68 hardcover. of Habitat Restoration for Audubon ISBN 9582224-5-2. Available from Canyon Ranch. He earned his Ph.D. at California Native Plant Society. the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley Described as "stunning" and "mag­ with research that revealed how popu­ ical," as well as "enormously useful," lations of native and alien thistles are this book is for the amateur plant enthu­ shaped by plant competition, by insect siast as well as those who wish a more herbivory, and by effects of habitat thorough study of mosses. It contains productivity on the relative intensity of dramatic photomicrographs and the 6