California dissanthelium

Taxobox
name = California dissanthelium

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image_width = 160px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Dissanthelium"
species = "D. california"
binomial = "Dissanthelium california"

California dissanthelium or Catalina grass is the common name of "Dissanthelium californicum", 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 on Guadalupe Island (off Baja California Peninsula), and on San Clemente Island and Catalina Island (both off southern California).

Last seen in 1912, it was generally thought to be extinct, until living examples were found on March 29, 2005 by Jenny McCune of the Catalina Island Conservancy on Catalina Islandref|cictimes. It has not reappeared on Guadalupe or San Clemente islands.

ee also

* Lazarus taxon

References

# [http://www.catalinaconservancy.org/education/scoop/cic_times.pdf Catalina Island Conservancy Times] , Fall 2005

External links

* [http://www.catalinaconservancy.org/ Catalina Island Conservancy]