Harpagonella

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Harpagonella

The developing fruits of H. palmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Harpagonella A.Gray (1876)
Species^[1]
Harpagonella arizonica (I.M.Johnst.) Guilliams & B.G.Baldwin Harpagonella palmeri A.Gray

Harpagonella is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family. They are known as the grappling-hooks, because of the appearance and function of their fruits.^[2] The strange fruits are two small nutlets enclosed in a burlike calyx, which is armed with numerous spines covered in minute, hooked barbs.^[3] These diminutive, annual plants are found in sandy, clayey, and gravelly soils, and have small white flowers. This genus is native to North America, and is found in southern California, southern Arizona, northern Sonora, and the Baja California peninsula.^[2]^[4]

The genus has been regarded as one of the most morphologically distinctive of the Amsinckiinae, largely because of their unusual fruits. The genus was formerly monotypic, but the plants native to Arizona have since been recognized as a distinct species.^[5]

Species

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Harpagonella arizonica (syn. H. palmeri var. arizonica) – Commonly known as the Arizona grappling-hook.^[4] Native to Arizona, northern Sonora, and southeastern Baja California. Type collected near Lowell, Arizona. Found on sandy or gravelly soils. Differs from H. palmeri in having significantly larger fruits.^[5]
Harpagonella palmeri – Commonly known as Palmer's grappling-hook^[4] or stick-tight.^[3] Native to southern California, Baja California, and Baja California Sur. Type collected on Guadalupe Island, Baja California by Edward Palmer. Found on clayey soils.^[5]

References

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^ Harpagonella A.Gray. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Harpagonella". Systematics of Amsinckiinae (Boraginaceae): The popcorn flowers. Amsinckiinae Working Group. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b Armstrong, W.P. (1998). "Ultimate and Painful Hitchhikers". Wayne's Word. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rebman, J. P.; Gibson, J.; Rich, K. (2016). "Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Baja California, Mexico" (PDF). San Diego Society of Natural History. 45: 84.
^ ^a ^b ^c Guilliams, C. Matt; Jang, Timothy; Baldwin, Bruce G. (2016-09-20). "Molecular and morphological evidence for recognition of two species within Harpagonella (Amsinckiinae, Boraginaceae)". PhytoKeys (70): 17–30. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.70.9053. ISSN 1314-2011. PMC 5088701. PMID 27829796.

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Taxon identifiers
Harpagonella	Wikidata: Q15936032 Wikispecies: Harpagonella CoL: 4TT4 EoL: 71188 GBIF: 2926058 GRIN: 14759 iNaturalist: 72162 IPNI: 4609-1 IRMNG: 1046657 ITIS: 31935 NCBI: 1288199 Open Tree of Life: 3869474 PLANTS: HARPA POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30224445-2 Tropicos: 40021301 WFO: wfo-4000016943
Harpagonella palmeri	Wikidata: Q5663091 Calflora: 4003 CoL: 3JSBX CNPS: 234 EoL: 582572 GBIF: 2926059 iNaturalist: 77337 IPNI: 116601-1 IRMNG: 11345502 ITIS: 31936 NatureServe: 2.158976 NCBI: 1288200 Open Tree of Life: 3869475 Plant List: tro-4000433 PLANTS: HAPA7 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:116601-1 Tropicos: 4000433 WFO: wfo-0001215142
Harpagonella arizonica	Wikidata: Q42673527 CoL: 3JSBW GBIF: 9496758 IPNI: 77157712-1 NCBI: 1955007 Open Tree of Life: 7052953 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77157712-1 Tropicos: 100451190 WFO: wfo-0001346559

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