Dissanthelium californicum

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Aveneae
Genus: Dissanthelium
Species: Dissanthelium californicum
Name

Dissanthelium californicum (Nutt.) Benth.
References

J. D. Hooker, Hooker's Icon. Pl. 14:56, t.1375. 1881
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Dissanthelium californicum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Dissanthelium californicum (California dissanthelium, Catalina grass) is a rare species of grass. It was originally discovered on Santa Catalina, an island off California's coast in 1847 by U.S. botanist and naturalist William Gambel. It was later identified as growing on Guadalupe Island (off Baja California Peninsula), on San Clemente Island and Catalina Island (both off southern California).

Last seen in 1912, Dissanthelium californicum was generally thought to be extinct, until examples were found on March 29, 2005, by Jenny McCune of the Catalina Island Conservancy on Catalina Island.[1] In 2010, two populations were found on San Clemente Island. It has not reappeared on Guadalupe Island.
See also

Lazarus taxon

References

^ Catalina Island Conservancy Times, Fall 2005