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The Jepson Manual also follows Philip A. Munz and David D. Keck in their A California Flora and Supplement of 1958 and 1968. [2] Like other florae, The Jepson Manual builds upon these prior publications. Except for the number of line drawings, it has more in common with Munz's 1968 book than with Jepson's 1923 book.
It was founded by Willis Linn Jepson in 1950, and named after him. [7] The Jepson Herbarium supports the Jepson eFlora, a taxonomic database that builds on and expands the second edition of The Jepson Manual. It describes itself as "the foremost authority on the native and naturalized vascular plants of California". [8]
Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4] This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ).
Introduction to California Plant Life, Revised Edition, by Robert Ornduff, Phyllis Faber, Todd Keeler-Wolf, ISBN 0-520-23704-8, 2003. A Natural History of California, Allan A. Schoenherr, ISBN 0-520-06922-6, 1995. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California by James C Hickman, ISBN 0-520-08255-9, 1993.
University of California Press, 1940. Hickman, James C., editor. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. University of California Press, 1993. Hultén, Eric. Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants. Stanford University Press, 1968. Radford, Albert E. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
The 2012 Jepson Manual accepted Monardella villosa. [3] Studies in preparation for new editions of the Flora of North America and The Jepson Manual showed that there was "continuous variation" between M. odoratissima and M. villosa. Traditional characters that had been used to separate the two species varied with location, elevation and soil type.
The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California. University and Jepson Herbaria. Template documentation. This template is a Citation Style 1 wrapper template based on ...
This description comes from the 2nd edition Jepson Manual: Vascular Plants of California. [7]Diplacus douglasii is a diminutive annual herb that produces a magenta flower. . The overall stature of the plant is very small, varying in height from 0.3 – 4 centimeters t