I. SPECIES INFORMATION 



1. Classification and nomenclature. 



A. Species. 



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1. Scientific name. 



a. Binomial: Shoshonea pulvinata Evert & Constance. 



b. Full bibliographic citation: Evert, E.L., and L. 

 Constance. 198B. Shoshonea pulvinata, a new genus and 

 species of Umbelliferae from Wyoming. Systematic 

 Botany 7: ^71-^75. 



c. Type specimens: United States, Wyoming, Park Co., 

 Absaroka Range, SW side of Rattlesnake Mtn., about I'*. 5 

 km W of Cody, T53N R103W S36 SWl/^, 2638 m, exposed 

 limestone-derived soil, talus and crevices, growing 

 with Arenaria hookeri. Astragalus kentrophyta , 

 Castille.^ nivea , Eritrichium howardii, Oxytropis 

 viscida, Pinus f lexilis , Pseudotsuqa menziesii, and 

 Senecio canus , 6 Aug 1981, E.F. Evert 3^E^ . Holotype: 

 RM; isotypes: MO, NY, UC. 



2. Pertinent synonyms: None. 



3. Common name: Shoshonea. 



^. Taxon codes: PDAPI2G010 (The Nature Conservancy); 3212, 

 SHOPUL (U.S. Forest Service, Region 1). 



5. Size of genus: Monotypic genus. 



B. Family classification. 



1. Family name; Apiaceae. 



2. Pertinent family synonym: Umbelliferae. 



3. Common names for the family: Parsley Family, Carrot Family. 



C. Major plant group: Dicotyledoneae. 



D. History of knowledge of taxon: Shoshonea pulvinata was first 

 collected in 1979 on the west side of Rattlesnake Mountain, Park 

 County, Wyoming, by Erwin Evert ( Evert 1577, RM). Subsequent 

 searching in 1980 and 1981 by Evert, Ronald Hartman, Robert 

 Lichvar, Keith Deuholm, and others revealed additional 

 populations in Park County. The genus and species were described 

 by Evert and Constance (1982). The taxon is now also known to 

 occur in the Owl Creek Mountains, Fremont County, Wyoming. 



Shoshonea pulvinata was first discovered in Montana by John 



