Boerhavia torreyana (S.Watson) Standl.

Examined for Flora of North America
BOERHAVIA TORREYANA ,
(S. Wats.) Standi.
The fruits in the upper left comer are not from
B. torreyana, the specimen fixed to the sheet, a
species mostly from the northern reaches of the
Chihuahuan Desert and the higher elevations in
northeastern Arizona. They are from B. coulteri
(Hook, f) S. Wats. var. palmeri (S. Wats.)
Spellenb., a species most common on the
Sonoran Desert. Torrey (Mex. Bound. 1858, p.
171) cites the collection with others under B.
spicata. Standiey (Contr. U.S. Nat Herb.
12:384. 1909) includes the collection in B.
coulteri.
R. Spellenberg 2/2005
‘'Adiinnea tor
AMERICAN HOK*
examined for
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