- Agalinis acuta
Taxobox
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Lamiales
familia =Orobanchaceae
genus = "Agalinis "
species = "A. acuta"
binomial = "Agalinis acuta""Agalinis acuta" is an annual
hemiparasitic plant native toMaryland ,Massachusetts ,Rhode Island ,Connecticut , andLong Island ,New York . It is one of about 70species that comprisegenus "Agalinis ". It currently resides within the familyOrobanchaceae , but historically was aligned with members of theScrophulariaceae [ [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGALI PLANTS Profile for Agalinis USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service] ] . This was one of several re-alignments that were the consequence of the disintegration of theScrophulariaceae as the result of conclusions based onmolecular phylogeny data from the chloroplastgenome . [cite web|url=http://alyxia.umiacs.umd.edu/research/agalinis_systematics.php |title=Evolutionary Distinctiveness |accessdate=2007-12-31 ]"Agalinis acuta" received federal protection on public lands upon being listed in 1987 under the
Endangered Species Act . [U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 1988. Determination of Agalinis acuta to be an endangered species. Federal Register 53:34701-34705.] Threats to extinction mentioned in the report listing the species were those that are characteristics of most threatened species;habitat fragmentation , lack of regulatory mechanisms protecting the species, and overexploitation for commercial or academic purposes. [cite web|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/ASP/CPC_ViewProfile.asp?CPCNum=36 |title=CPC |accessdate=2007-12-31 ]References
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