Lilaeopsis schaffneriana

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

• Lilaeopsis 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]
• Lilaeopsis schaffneriana subsp. recurva (Huachuca water umbel), is a federally listed endangered species (status G4T2, imperiled) of the United States.[7] 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.[8]

Lilaeopsis schaffneriana
subsp. recurva
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	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

Conservation

The species is extremely reliant on water level for its survival.[9]

References

1.  Under its current treatment as Lilaeopsis schaffneriana, this species was published in Botanical Gazette 24: 48. 1897. "Lilaeopsis schaffneriana". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). 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. "Lilaeopsis schaffneriana subsp. schaffneriana". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved January 16, 2012.
7. "Lilaeopsis schaffneriana var. recurva, Huachuca water umbel". Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile. U.S. Forest Service. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
8. L. s. var. recurva. Archived 2011-08-28 at the Wayback Machine Center for Plant Conservation.
9. Malcom, Jacob W.; Malcom, Anna C.; Radke, William R. (2017-01-06). "Water (or the lack thereof), management, and conservation of an endangered desert wetland obligate, Lilaeopsis schaffneriana var. recurva". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

External links

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