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 Red and Yellow Pea - Lotus Wrightii Wright Buckwheat 


The specimen shown below is an isotype for this species (it is a duplicate specimen of the holotype - the single specimen which is the type for the species). It was collected by Charles Wright in 1851. See Lotus wrightii page on the Black Range website.
This specimen, and the rest of his collection, were the basis for Asa Wright’s “Plantae Wrightianae Texano - Neo Mexicanae - An Account of A Collection of Plants Made By Charles Wright...” published in 1852-3.
Eriogonum wrightii wrightii, pictured below, was first described by John Torrey in 1856 and named in honor of Charles Wright. Photo below by Bob Barnes from the east slope of the Black Range, above the Kingston Cemetery.
Ipomoea gilana - a new species of Morning Glory from the Black Range
The discovery of new plant species in the Black Range did not end in the 1800’s. On December 18, 2017 Keith, Stamler, Randall, Perez, and McDonald published their description of a new species of Morning Glory in Systematic Botany, Volume 42, Number 4, December, 2017, pp. 974-978. The species is known from one location on the east slope of the Black Range. The image below is from the published description.
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