taxonID	type	description	language	source
5F37DB1E8207EC27FF29FBBCFEFAFC6F.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology and Distribution — This species occurs on steep slopes and cliffs at the highest areas in the Sierra de La Laguna, in the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico, in oak forests (Quercus species) with Quercus tuberculata Liebm., Q. devia Goldman, Q. arizonica Sarg., Arbutus peninsularis Rose & Goldman, Sideroxylon peninsulare (Brandegee) T. D. Pennington, Buddleja crotonoides A. Gray, Randia capitata DC., Muhlenbergia spp., Opuntia spp., Croton sp., from 1000 to 1800 m in elevation, on granite outcrops (Fig. 2). This species flowers from May to June and fruits from June to August. At the time of the original species description (Brandegee 1890), Brandegee did not assign an actual type specimen, and did not mention any herbaria where specimens might be deposited. Even though he had his own herbarium, it seems that some vouchers were not deposited into others or at least at UC where the largest portion of Brandegee´s herbarium collection is currently housed. He dedicated the specific epithet to Mr. L. Belding, but apparently did not see his specimen collection (Belding 6 at GH, which represents a small individual), and just said that he “ was the first to notice it in his ornithological expeditions to the Sierra la Laguna, several years ago, and gave me directions as to the route by which I was enable to find it. ” The best specimen collection for N. beldingii is at UC is from La Chuparrosa (“ Chuparosa ” spelling variant), dated 17 October 1893, with duplicates at GH, BM, KEW, and MO. However, the voucher at MO is a mixed sheet with N. brandegeei from San Julio, 19 – 20 April 1889). There are also older specimens from the Sierra de San Francisquito, labeled as Brandegee 583 but with different dates, the one at GH is from March 29, 1890 and the one at UC is from March 29, 1892. In the paper on Brandegee´s itineraries, Moran (1952) considers the last date (1892) as the correct one, and it is the one accepted here. A voucher with a collection date after the original publication date cannot be considered an inferred type specimen, but since Brandegee did not mention any specimen in his original publication, and since Belding´s specimen and the collection from the Sierra de San Francisquito are not complete, and also labeled with different dates, it seems best to assign the specimen from La Chuparrosa at UC as the lectotype, and the vouchers at BM, GH, KEW, and the fragment at MO labeled as October 17, 1893 as isolectotypes. Nolina beldingii is an endemic species to the southern part of the Baja California peninsula which occurs only in the Sierra de La Laguna. Taxonomically, this species is close to N. brandegeei. They can be readily distinguished because N. beldingii has longer leaves (ca. 1 m) usually narrowing or with a constriction above the base, entire leaf apices, and larger fruits and pedicels. Nolina beldingii is locally known as “ sotol ” or “ palmilla ” and its leaves have been used for thatching (Fig. 1).	en	Hernández-Sandoval, Luis, Rebman, Jon P. (2018): The Genus Nolina (Asparagaceae) of the Baja California Peninsula, and the Recognition of a New Species Combination. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (3): 717-733, DOI: 10.1600/036364418X697436, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418x697436
5F37DB1E8207EC27FF29FBBCFEFAFC6F.taxon	description	Representative Specimens Examined — Mexico. — BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR: Laguna. L. Belding 6, 3 Feb s / y (GH); Sierra de San Francisquito, 29 Mar. 1892, T. S. Brandegee 583 (GH as 29 Mar. 1890, UC); La Chuparosa, 17 Oct. 1893, T. S. Brandegee s / n (GH); La Laguna, Sierra de la Laguna, 21 Jan. 1906. E. Nelson & E. Goldman 7465 (US); La Laguna, Sierra La Laguna, 24 Mar. 1939, H. S. Gentry 4424 (CAS, GH, KEW, MO); Valle de la Laguna, 23 Aug. 1944, M. Mart´ınez s / n (MEXU); Along trail to La Laguna, Sierra de La Laguna, E of Todos Santos, 28 Dec. 1947, A. Carter 2439 (US); Rancho Laguna and vicinity, Sierra Laguna, Cape District, 3 Oct. 1951, H. S. Gentry 11216 (MEXU); From San Jorge to San Francisquito and La Chuparrosa, East of Sierra de la Victoria, 12 Apr. 1955, A. Carter 3331 (GH, MEXU, MO, SD, US); Cape Region, Potrero de Almenta near head of S fork canyon San Pedro, 9 May 1959, R. Moran 7369, 7369 A (GH, MEXU, SD); Cape Region about La Laguna, 16 May 1959, R. Moran 7428 & 7428 A (GH, MEXU, SD); La Laguna, Sierra de la Laguna, Huerigo Canyon, 24 Aug. 1959, C. H. Lowe 3064 & R. L. Turner 59 – 159 (MEXU, MO); At end trail La Burrera - La Laguna, Cape District, 21 Aug. 1972, A. J. Gilmartin 1840 (MEXU); Sierra de La Laguna, trail to La Laguna, ridge above tributary of Canón ~ la Burrera, just west of la Laguna, about 30 km (air) northeast of Todos Santos, 19 Mar. 1998, M. Fishbein 3167 (MEXU); Sierra de La Victoria, arriba de la zona del chalet de Cano, 7 Dec. 2007, J. L. de la Luz 7073 (HCIB, SD); Sierra de La Victoria, arriba de la caba ~ na de Cano, 17 Apr. 2008, J. L. de la Luz 8075 (HCIB, MEXU, SD); Cerrito El Encino frente al cerro el Picacho, zona núcleo de la Reserva de la Biósfera la Sierra de La Laguna, 17 Jun. 2009, A. Garc´ ıa- Mendoza 9268 (MEXU).	en	Hernández-Sandoval, Luis, Rebman, Jon P. (2018): The Genus Nolina (Asparagaceae) of the Baja California Peninsula, and the Recognition of a New Species Combination. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (3): 717-733, DOI: 10.1600/036364418X697436, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418x697436
5F37DB1E8200EC27FF3DFAFFFC45F944.taxon	description	middle, surrounded by membranaceous bracteoles, the external one 3 to 4 mm long, the internal ones 2.0 – 2.5 mm long, persistent, margins laciniate; tepals oblong lanceolate, 2.5 – 3 mm long, 1 mm wide, apex short apiculate, reflexed from the base at maturity; ovules basal, supported by a small, round or shelf-like structure; stigmas sessile, 3 - branched. Fruits 1 (– 2) per node, orbicular to oblongate, 6 – 7 mm long, 7 to 9 (– 10) mm wide, on peduncles 3.5 to 5 mm long, articulate above or at the middle; fruit lobes with margins, apically accrescent; stigmas persistent; tepals persistent. Seed 1 (– 2) per fruit, oblongate to ellipsoid, 3.5 – 4.5 mm long, 2 – 2.5 mm wide, not exposed at maturity, grayish to glaucous green, rarely reddish, reticulate. Figures 3, 4.	en	Hernández-Sandoval, Luis, Rebman, Jon P. (2018): The Genus Nolina (Asparagaceae) of the Baja California Peninsula, and the Recognition of a New Species Combination. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (3): 717-733, DOI: 10.1600/036364418X697436, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418x697436
5F37DB1E8200EC27FF3DFAFFFC45F944.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology and Distribution — Plants of Nolina bigelovii grow on steep slopes in forests and chaparrals at 540 to 1250 m elevation on granite outcrops of the sierras of the state of Baja California, such as at La Rumorosa in the Sierra de Juárez, Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, Catavi ~ ná, Sierra de San Borja, and Isla Angel de la Guarda (Fig. 4). This species is also found in Sonora, Mexico, and in California and Arizona in the USA. It is locally known as “ palma. ” Flowers are present May to June and fruits from June to November. Representative Specimens Examined — Mexico. — BAJA CALIFORNIA: Ca ~ nón Cantillas, Jun., 1 Jul. 1884, C. Orcutt s / n (MEXU); Tule Mountains, Mexican boundary line, 11 Feb. 1894, E. A. Mearns 2797 (MO, US); Jaraguay, about 50 km SE of San Fernando, 9 Sept. 1905, E. W. Nelson & A. Goldman, 7130 (US); (J) Yaraguay, 16 Jul. 1941, Harbison C. 310 (SD); East end of Sierra San Luis; 26 – 30 mi north of Punta Prieta, 3 Apr. 1950, H. S. Gentry 8971 (MEXU, SD); Cantillas (Tantillas) Canyon, 8 Sept. 1952, C. Harbison s / n (SD); Summit of Cerro Quemazón, Sierra San Borja, 26 Mar. 1960, R. Moran 8074 (CAS, SD); Canyon above El Terminal, Sierra San Borja, 7 June 1962, R. Moran 9732 (CAS, SD, US); Arroyo de la mina de Santa Marta, 9 June 1962, R. Moran 9763 (SD); Cantu Grade, about 4 mi E of La Rumorosa, near Tecate-Mexicali road, 30 Junio 1962, I. Wiggins 438 (CAS, MEXU, US); Yubay, 10 Oct. 1962, C. Harbison s / n (SD); NW of Cerro San Luis, 2 Mar. 1963, R. Moran 10278 (CAS, SD); Peak ca. 4 miles SE of Refugio Bay, Isla Angel de la Guarda, 22 Mar. 1963, R. Moran 10479 (CAS, SD, US); Rancho La Suerte, San Pedro Mártir, 4 June 1963, R. Moran 11163 (BCMEX, CAS, SD); NE of Yubay, 30 Apr. 1964, C. Harbison s / d (SD); Just above trail down into Cantillas Canyon. El Progreso, Sierra Juárez, 11 Sept. 1965, C. Harbison 392 (SD); Cantillas Canyon, 11 Sept. 1965, Howe D. F. 4132 (SD); 6.9 km (by road) south of La Virgen, 15 Oct. 1966, Hastings J. R. 66 – 131 a (SD); Mouth of Diablo Canyon, Sierra de San Pedro Mártir, 10 Mar. 1971, R. Moran 18313 (BCMEX, SD); ca. 15 mi W of San Felipe, along road to Valle Trinidad, 15 June 1973, H. S. Gentry 23291 (ASU, MEXU); 6 May 1978, R. Moran s / n (BCMEX); Ca ~ nón del Diablo, Sierra San Pedro Mártir, 6 May 1978 R. Moran 25657 (BCMEX, SD); 9 km NW of Rancho Santa Inés, 18 June 1979, W. H. Clark 3160 (BCMEX, CAS, MEXU); Sierra ca. 2 km NE of San Luis, 15 Nov. 1981, R. Moran 29900 (SD); Arroyo El Palmarito ca. 4.5 km NW of Catavi ~ ná, 6 June 1984, J. Dice 467 (MEXU, SD); Arroyo El Palmarito ca. 4.5 km NW of Catavi ~ ná, 6 June 1984, J. Dice 466 (SD); La Rumorosa grade, 23 Feb. 1986, E. Jonsson 1327 (SD); Canón ~ de Guadalupe, along canyon above resort area. 23 Mar. 1986, R. Thorne s / n (BCMEX); Arroyo Yubay. Ca. 0.4 km West of Tinajas of Yubay and ca. 2.3 km ENE of abandoned mine at El Desenga ~ no, 22, June 1986, J. Dice 669 (SD); Sierra La Asamblea: southwest foot of the range near the W edge of Mesa Yubay and the SSW side of Mesa Cuerno de Borrego; ca. 7.0 road miles NNE of the abandoned site of El Desenga ~ no, 3 May 1993, T. S. Ross 7088 (SD); Canón ~ El Cajón, west of main dirt road providing access to Ca ~ nón de Guadalupe, 15 Mar. 1995, J. Rebman 8730 (SD); Km 52 de la carr. La Rumorosa - Tecate, Nov. 2004, O. Ram´ ırez s / n (QMEX); La Rumorosa, Nov. 2004, O. Ram´ ırez s / n (QMEX); W. Hodgson 2656 (MEXU).	en	Hernández-Sandoval, Luis, Rebman, Jon P. (2018): The Genus Nolina (Asparagaceae) of the Baja California Peninsula, and the Recognition of a New Species Combination. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (3): 717-733, DOI: 10.1600/036364418X697436, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418x697436
5F37DB1E8200EC29FCF0F8AAFE6FF8D5.taxon	description	(Trelease 1911) and as a synonym of N. palmeri, a species considered by Hochstätter (2010) and Thiede (2012) within the section Microcarpae with acaulescent plants, and narrow leaves with coiled tips, but our study found enough morphological differences to elevate in taxonomic rank to the species level. Nolina brandegeei is quite different from N. palmeri because it is an arborescent plant with linear leaves that have no narrowing or constriction above the base, leaf margins with erect and forked denticles, leaf tips shredded, fruits 0.6 cm long, 0.9 to 1 cm wide, fruit peduncles 6 – 12 mm long and articulated near the base, and flowers present in summer with fruits mature in fall, seeds exposed at maturity. This taxon resembles N. beldingii, but that species has leaves with a constriction above the base, leaf margin with curved and nonforking denticles (Fig. 5), leaf apices entire, fruits 1 cm in diameter or more, flowers produced in spring with fruits maturing in summer and seeds not exposed in mature fruits. Arborescent plant, 2 to 6 m high, trunks 20 – 30 cm diam, usually branched with apical rosettes, old specimens much branched; branches separate from each other at 30 ° to 40 °; bark gray, fissured, forming small rectangles. Rosettes massive ca. 1.5 m in diam, with erect leaves, reflexed at maturity, persistent and covering the branches, but not the trunk. Leaves linear, not narrowing or constricted above the base, 95 to 120 cm long, 1.0 – 1.5 cm wide at the middle, flat in cross section, green to glaucous green; leaf bases triangular, 4.5 – 7 cm long, 5.0 at the base, and 1.3 – 1.7 at the top; margins denticulate; teeth 0.2 mm, erect to curved, forked or branched, sometimes fused. Inflorescence 1 to 3.5 m long, 30 cm wide, ovoid; scape 15 to 70 cm long, 1.5 – 2.0 cm diam; bracts linear to long triangulate, 47 cm long decreasing apically in size to 20 cm; inflorescence branches perpendicular to ascending, up curved below the middle, 43 cm long, decreasing apically in size to 10 cm, subtended by bracts 17 to 6 cm long; branchlets 14 to 3 cm long, the final branchlets 5 to 8 cm long. Staminate flowers campanulate, 2.5 mm diam, 2 to 3 per node on pedicels 2 to 3.5 mm articulated below the middle, surrounded by wide lanceolate membranaceous bracteoles, 1.5 to 3 mm long, persistent, whitish to yellowish, margins laciniate; tepals oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 2.5 mm long, 1 mm wide, reflexed at maturity, apex with a glandular pilose area 0.1 mm long; filaments 1.5 mm long, anthers 1 to 1.2 mm long. Pistillate flowers campanulate, 2.5 mm diam, 1 to 2 per node, on pedicels 3 to 3.5 mm long, articulate below the middle, surrounded by lanceolate membranaceous bracteoles 1.5 to 3 mm long, persistent, yellowish, margins laciniate; tepals lanceolate, 2 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, thickened at the middle of the base, style very short, stigmas 3 - branched; nectaries septal, at the base of the ovary. Fruits depressed, 1 (– 2) per node, 6 mm long, 10 mm wide, on peduncles 6 to 12 mm long, articulate near the base, tepals persistent, the internal adpressed covering the nectaries, the external reflex. Seed 1 (2 or 3) per fruit, ovoid to ellipsoid, ca. 3.5 mm long, 2.5 to 3 mm wide, exposed at maturity, maroon. Figure 6; Table 1.	en	Hernández-Sandoval, Luis, Rebman, Jon P. (2018): The Genus Nolina (Asparagaceae) of the Baja California Peninsula, and the Recognition of a New Species Combination. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (3): 717-733, DOI: 10.1600/036364418X697436, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418x697436
5F37DB1E8200EC29FCF0F8AAFE6FF8D5.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology and Distribution — This species occurs on northfacing slopes, on steep hills and in canyons with alkaline igneous rocks in the sierras de La Giganta, San Francisco, Guadalupe, Las Palmas, and San Bruno in the state of Baja California Sur (Fig. 7). The plants grow mostly in Quercus forests and desert scrub with Brahea brandegeei (Purpus) H. E. Moore, Fouquieria columnaris (Kellogg) Curran, Ebenopsis confinis (Standl.) Barneby & J. W. Grimes, Prosopis sp., and Croton sp., from 700 to 1900 m altitude on volcanic rocks. The plants flower from June to September, and set fruits from October to December. To assess the identity of the proposed taxon, a set of problems was found within the herbarium collections concerning the probability that this taxon could be either part of N. palmeri or of N. bigelovii. According to Brandegee (1889), he collected one specimen of an unknown Nolina at San Julio on April 19 – 20 of the same year. He stated that the plant has “ leaves only of an arborescent branching species, 15 feet high with light green narrow leaves 3 – 4 feet long. ” These details, and the fact that he also cited a young specimen of N. bigelovii from Ubi (Yubay), show evidence that he knew the species, and that it was a different taxonomical entity (Table 1). Recently, Hochstätter (2010) presented an article on Nolina, considering N. palmeri var. brandegeei as a synonym for N. palmeri. But, the paper appears to be mainly a bibliographic revision and not a detailed taxonomic treatment. However, though N. brandegeei has similarities with N. palmeri, including the exposed seeds at maturity, it differs greatly in its arborescent habit, larger and flat leaves, leaf margin denticles forked, shredded and not coiled leaf tips, and larger fruits (Fig. 4). In addition, the type specimen of Nolina brandegeei (Trelease) L. Hern. comb nov. deposited at MO should be relabeled as collected at San Julio, Baja California Sur, on April 19 – 20, 1889. Representative Specimens Examined — Mexico. — BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR: San Julio, 11 Apr. 1889, Brandegee s / n (UC); Ubi, Agua Bonita, 8 May. 1889, Brandegee s / n (UC); Sierra La Giganta, above Los Encinos, 1 Mar. 1939, H. S. Gentry 4292 (GH, MO); Ridge northwest of main peak, Cerro de La Giganta, 23 Nov. 1947, A. Carter 2038 (LL, MEXU, US); North slope of Cerro San Juan, 4 Feb. 1964, R. Moran 11584 (SD); Summit of Volcán las Tres V´ırgenes, 12 Feb. 1964, R. Moran 11691 (SD, US); North slope, summit of Cerro de la Higuera, Sierra San Francisco, 21 Feb. 1964, R. Moran 11723 (SD); Summit, Cerro Natividad, Sierra San Francisco, 24 Feb. 1964, R. Moran 11751 (SD); At pass ca. 3 miles west of ex-mission Guadalupe on trail to San Pedro, 11 Mar. 1964, R. Moran 11790 (CAS, SD); North slope at summit of Cerro Azufre, 20 Oct. 1971, R. Moran 18736 (SD, US); North slope of Cerro Barranco, Sierra de Guadalupe, 23 Oct. 1971, R. Moran 18822 (SD); Sierra de La Giganta, Cerro Mechudo, the southernmost peak of the Sierra, 2 Nov. 1971, R. Moran 18892 (BM, MEXU, SD); N slopes of NE side of Volcán Tres V´ırgenes, 12 Apr. 1973, J. Henrickson 8993 (SD); Sierra de Las Palmas, W de San Bruno (31 miles), 20 jun. 1973, H. S. Gentry 23319 (AZ, DES, CAS, MEXU, US); Rancho La Laguna, Sierra San Francisco, 23 Nov. 1976, R. Moran 23824 (SD); Sierra San Francisco, Mesa San Jorge, ca. 7 – 7.5 km W of San Francisco & 16 km MW of Santa Marta, 9 jun. 1984, J. Dice 512, 515, 516 (CAS, MEXU, SD); Sierra de San Francisco, Mesa de San Jorge, ca. 4.21 km (by road) WSW of the Village of San Francisco de la Sierra, 23 Jun. 1986, C. Dice, 675 (GH, SD); Sierra de San Francisco, west of the town of San Francisco de La Sierra, along road to Rancho Sorpresa, 24 Apr. 1994, W. Hogdson 8185 A (DES, SD); Sierra de San Francisco, west of the town of San Francisco de La Sierra, on the road to Rancho Sorpresa, 24 Apr. 1994, J. Rebman 2627 (BCMEX, SD); Sierra San Francisco, Cerro Bola, 3 Sept. 1995, W. Hogdson 9582, 9589 a (DES; SD); San Francisco de la Sierra, 23 Oct 1997, J. Rebman s / n (HCIB, SD); West of Mulegé; cumbre de San Pedro; between the Ex-mision Guadalupe and San Juan de las Pilas, 29 Oct. 1997, J. León de la Luz s / n (BCMEX); Sierra de Guadalupe: West of Mulegé: cumbre de San Pedro between ex-mission Guadalupe and San Juan de las Pilas, 29 Oct. 1997, J. Rebman 4716 (HCIB, SD); Sierra de San Francisco, 1.5 km al NW de Santa Ana, Nov. 2004, O. Baltasar s / n, (QMEX); Sierra de la Giganta, Campamento de la Sabanilla del Mechudo, 11 Nov. 2007, J. L. León de la Luz 10539 (HCIB, SD); Hernández 2007 (QMEX). NOLINA INTERRATA H. S. Gentry Madro ~ no 8: 181. 1946. TYPE:	en	Hernández-Sandoval, Luis, Rebman, Jon P. (2018): The Genus Nolina (Asparagaceae) of the Baja California Peninsula, and the Recognition of a New Species Combination. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (3): 717-733, DOI: 10.1600/036364418X697436, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418x697436
5F37DB1E8200EC29FCF0F8AAFE6FF8D5.taxon	materials_examined	USA: California, San Diego Co. Slope west of Dehesa School, 5 Aug. 1945, H. S. Gentry 7330 (Holotype SD, isotypes: AZ, CAL, MICH). Plant rhizomatous, subterranean stems growing in a horseshoe shape by branching always to the same side; bark reticulate forming pentagonal pyramids 0.5 cm deep, 1 cm wide. Leaf rosettes subsessile, 40 to 90 cm diam, 15 to 25 leaves per rosette. Leaves linear, 48 to 109 cm long, 0.7 – 1 cm wide, helicoidal, glaucous green, scabrid; leaf margins with two sizes of denticles, the larger ones separated ca. 0.5 mm; leaf bases triangular to long deltate, 6 – 7 cm long, 3 – 3.5 cm wide in the inferior part, 1.2 – 1.5 cm wide in the superior part, yellow straw to dark brown with age, persistent, recurved; leaf apex entire. Inflorescences paniculate, largely ovoid to largely ellipsoid, 0.8 to 2 m long, 40 to 42 cm wide; scapes 35 to 45 long, 0.8 to 1.3 cm diam at the base; scape bracts linear, 15 to 30 cm long, separated among them by 10 to 15 cm; inflorescence branches compound, 37 cm long, decreasing apically in size to 9 cm, pedunculated, with 2 branchlets at the base, all subtended by papery linearlanceolate bracts, 14 cm long, decreasing apically in size to 1 cm; branchlets 3 to 8 cm long, the apical ones 8 to 15 cm long, all subtended by amplexicaule papery bracts, 7 to 10 mm long. Staminate flowers 2 to 3 (– 4) per node, 3 to 3.5 mm diam, on pedicels 4 to 5 mm long, wider in the apex, articulate above the middle, surrounded by membranaceous bracteoles, 2 to 3 mm long, margins dentate; tepals lanceolate, 2 to 3 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, reflexed from the middle at maturity, white to creamy, the midvein yellow green; filament 1 to 1.2 mm long, anthers 0.8 to 1 mm long; ovary undeveloped, on a small stipe. Pistillate flowers 2 per node, 2 mm in diam, on pedicels 1.8 to 2 mm long, articulate around the middle, surrounded by membranaceous bracteoles 2 to 4 mm long, margins dentate; tepals lanceolate, 2 to 2.5 mm long, 1 to 1.5 mm wide, white to creamy with purple dots or blotches around the midvein; staminoids 1 mm long; ovary 1.5 to 2 mm diam, stigmas sessile, 3 - lobulate. Fruits slightly depressed, 0.8 to 1 cm long, 1 to 1.2 cm wide, on peduncles 6 to 7 mm long, articulate below the middle; fruit lobes papery, brown with purple reddish spots at the middle, with weak margins; apical notch 2.5 to 3 mm deep; tepals persistent, the external ones reflexed. Seeds ovoid, asymmetrical, 4 to 4.5 mm long, 2 to 2.5 cm wide, grayish green to brown at maturity, microreticulate, punctate, and sometimes with papillate trichomes, hilum suprabasal with a conic caruncle. Figure 8.	en	Hernández-Sandoval, Luis, Rebman, Jon P. (2018): The Genus Nolina (Asparagaceae) of the Baja California Peninsula, and the Recognition of a New Species Combination. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (3): 717-733, DOI: 10.1600/036364418X697436, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418x697436
5F37DB1E8200EC29FCF0F8AAFE6FF8D5.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology and Distribution — This species grows in sandy to deep soils on slopes with gabbro outcrops, 340 to 460 m in elevation, in chaparral vegetation with Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook. & Arn., Arctostaphylos sp., Rhus ovata S. Watson and Ceanothus sp. The individuals of N. interrata can withstand periodic wildfires. It is an endemic and endangered species of San Diego County, California and the northwestern part of Baja California, Mexico (Fig. 2). The plants flower from April to August, and set fruits from August to October. Representative Specimens Examined — Mexico. — BAJA CALIFORNIA: Rancho de la Cruz, 6 Km ENE of San Antonio de Las Minas, 12 Aug. 1981 R. Moran 29794 (CAS, MO, TEX); Rancho de la Cruz, 6 Km ENE of San Antonio de Las Minas, 12 Aug. 1981 R. Moran 29795 (MEXU, MO, SD, UC); 1 km NW of ranch house, Rancho de la Cruz, 6 Sept. 1981, R. Moran 29836 (SD); Upper Canyon Arce, 2 km SW of Rancho de la Cruz, 6 Sept. 1981, R. Moran 29841 (SD); 3 km SSW of Rancho La Cruz, 6 Sept. 1981, R. Moran 29845 (SD); Upper portion of Ca ~ nón Arce, ca. 2.1 km of Rancho de la Cruz, ca. 10 km N of Ensenada, J. Dice 621 (CAS); ca. 1 km of Rancho La Cruz, 13 km N of Ensenada, J. Dice 700 (SD).	en	Hernández-Sandoval, Luis, Rebman, Jon P. (2018): The Genus Nolina (Asparagaceae) of the Baja California Peninsula, and the Recognition of a New Species Combination. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (3): 717-733, DOI: 10.1600/036364418X697436, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418x697436
5F37DB1E820EEC2FFCF0F8D2FC5EF939.taxon	biology_ecology	Ecology and Distribution — Nolina palmeri grows in canyons, on east and west slopes, crevices, boulders, and dry hills, on volcanic and granitic rocks, and granitic alluvium soils, 1250 to 2830 m in elevation (Fig. 10). It is part of the chaparral, and the pine, juniper, and oak forests, along with Adenostoma spp., Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth; Artemisia sp., Brahea armata S. Watson, Ceanothus sp., Celtis ehrenbergiana (Klotzsch) Liebm., Condalia brandegeei I. M. Johnst., Cylindropuntia cholla (F. A. C. Weber) F. M. Knuth, Cylindropuntia alcahes (F. A. C. Weber) F. M. Knuth, Dodonaea viscosa Jacq., Juniperus californica Carrière, Pinus jeffreyi Grev. & Balf., P. contorta Loudon subsp. murrayana (Grev. & Balf.) Critchf., Populus tremuloides Michx., Prosopis articulata S. Watson, Quercus spp., Salvia pachyphylla Munz, and Yucca schidigera Ortgies. The flowers are visited by Hemiptera to lay eggs that hatch in June. The species flowers from April to June, and produces fruits from July to November. Nolina palmeri is an endemic species to Baja California, and occurs sympatrically with N. bigelovii in the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir and Sierra de Juárez in the northern portion of the state, and is distributed to the Sierra de La Libertad at its southern limit. Representative Specimens Examined — Mexico. — BAJA CALIFORNIA: Cantillas Canyon, s / d, C. R. Orcutt s / n (US); Pinon ~ District, Oct. 1882, C. R. Orcutt 713 (GH, MO); Pi ~ non forest, 26 Jul. 1883, C. R. Orcutt s / n (US); N Lower California, 3 Jul. 1885, C. R. Orcutt 530 (MEXU - photo-, US); Para´ıso, 1890, Brandegee s / n (UC); San Pedro Mártir, 16 May. 1893 Brandegee s / n (UC); San Mat´ıas pass, N end of San Pedro Mártir Mountains, 28 June 1905, Goldman E. A 1183 (US); Lower California, 1 Jan 1907, Orcutt C. R. s / n (US); Between Neji Rancho and town Alaska, 16 Sept. 1929, Wiggins I. R. 4167 (CAS, GH, SD, US); La Encantada, Sierra San Pedro Mártir, 20 Sept. 1930, Wiggins I. R. 4962 (CAS, GH, SD, US); Rancho Neji, Sept. 1930, H. Bravo 21 – 665 (MEXU); Summit of rim just N of Picacho de La Encantada, Sierra San Pedro Mártir, 18 Oct. 1946, Wiggins I. R. 11278 (CAS); Head of Cantillas Canyon 22 Apr. 4 1951, Harbison C. F. s / n (SD); Head of Cantillas Canyon, 1 Sept. 1951, Harbison C. F. s / n (CAS, SD); Head of the trail into Tajo (Cantillas) Canyon, 1 June 1952, Harbison C. F. s / n (CAS, SD); Canyon del Diablo, to the North and West of Picacho del Diablo (Cerro La Encantada), eastern flank of Sierra San Pedro Mártir, 17 June 1954, Chambers K. L. 630 (CAS, UC); Sierra San Borja, San Juan Mine, 24 Mar. 1960, R. MoranR. Moran 8017 (CAS, SD); 3 mi W of Santa Catarina, 64 miles SE of Ensenada, 21 Aug. 1961, Broder R. E. 599 (BM, MEXU, US); Sierra San Pedro Mártir, along trail on way to La Encantada to Rimrock, 5 Sept. 1961, Wiggins I. R. 16647 (CAS); Mouth of Valley of San Juan, 25 Nov. 1961, R. Moran 8497 (CAS, SD); El Topo, Sierra Juárez, 29 June 1962, R. Moran 9811 (CAS, SD, UC); 3 mi north of El Topo, Sierra Juárez, 29 June 1962, R. Moran 9806 (CAS, SD, UC, US); Portezuelo de Jamau, 9 May 1963, R. Moran 10978 (SD, UC, US); Cerro Chato, 3 June 1963, R. Moran 11120 (CAS, SD, UC); Summit Cerro La Sand´ıa, 21 Jan 1964, R. Moran 11536 (CAS, SD); Sierra San Borja, summit of Cerro La Chona, 19 Mar. 1966, R. Moran 12792 (CAS, SD); Sierra Juárez, 1.5 miles NW of Rancho Marcos, 4 Sept. 1966, R. Moran 13481 (SD); Cerro La Encantada, 19 Aug. 1967, R. Moran 14358 (BCMEX, MEXU, SD, UC); Santa Rosa. San Pedro Mártir, 20 Aug. 1967, R. Moran & Thorne R. F. 14426 (BCMEX, LL, UC); Sierra San Pedro Mártir, rocky ridge north of Vallecitos, 6 Jul. 1968, R. Moran 15279 (SD); East slope above Arroyo Copal, 25 Aug. 1968, R. Moran 15515 (BCMEX, MEXU SD); Sierra San Pedro Mártir, near the settlement of Vallecitos, 21 Sept. 1968, Breedlove D. E. 16365 (CAS); On slope above meadow at Vallecitos, Sierra San Pedro Mártir, 9 Aug. 1969, Witham H. V. 420 (BCMEX, SD); West slope of Cerro Pinón ~, 3 km north of el Alamo, 30 May. 1970, R. Moran 17672 (MEXU, SD); Sierra Juárez, 3 miles SW of San Pedro, 19 Sept. 1971, R. Moran 18517 (SD); Sierra Juárez, 3 Oct. 1971, R. Moran 18665 (SD); North slope at summit of Cerro Matom´ı, 3 May 1973, R. Moran 20742 (CAS, SD, UC); North slope of Cerro Tarasizo, southernmost peak of range. Also on summit, 2 May 1976, R. Moran 23008 (SD); Los Manzanos, 20 Aug. 1977, R. Moran s / n (BCMEX); Sierra San Pedro Mártir, 20 Aug. 1977, R. Moran 24543 (SD); Steep rocky hillside, 1 km NW of Tres Pozos, 26 May 1979, R. Moran 23008 (CAS, SD); Tres Pozos, Sierra de Juárez, 26 May 1979, R. Moran 27402 (CAS); On rocky slope 3.5 km SE of El Compadre, 14 Nov. 1981, R. Moran 29888 (SD); Arroyo 3 km west of Cerro el Toro, 31 May 1982, R. Moran 30894 (SD); Vallecitos 3 June 1982, Dice J. s / n (BCMEX); Vallecitos Open, road to Observatory and campground, 18 June 1985, Thorne R. F. s / n (BCMEX); Area del observatorio, San Pedro Mártir. 13 Oct. 1985, Delgadillo J. s / n (BCMEX); Observatorio San Pedro Mártir, 29 Jul. 1986, Salazar M. s / n (BCMEX); San Pedro Mártir, 29 Jul. 1986, Passini & Salazar s / n (BCMEX); San Pedro Mártir, 8 Aug. 1986, Passini & Salazar s / n (HCIB); Northern Sierra San Pedro Mártir, SW corner of a small plateu on the western escarpment, 17 June 1988, Sanders A. C. 7940 (BCMEX, SD, UC); Sierra Juárez, 3 miles East of Laguna Hanson, 26 Jul. 1994, Rebman J. 2840 (BCMEX, SD, UC); Sierra San Pedro Mártir, ridgetop above and east of Vallecitos area, 25 June 1996, Rebman J. 3263 (BCMEX, SD); Sierra San Pedro Mártir: Rancho Picacho, norte de SPM, 5 May. 1998, Delgadillo J. s / n (BCMEX); 10 km al W de la Reserva de la Biósfera San Pedro Mártir, 11 Apr. 2004, Hernández L. 5274 (QMEX); 11 km al W de la Reserva de la Biósfera San Pedro Mártir, 11 Apr. 2004, Hernández L. 5275 (QMEX); Carreteras entre Ensenada y San Felipe, 13 Apr. 2004, Hernández L. 5278 (QMEX); Sierra La Libertad: vicinity of el Rodeo; along the trail between Rancho Hierba Buena and Las Cuevitas, 25 Oct. 2009, Rebman J. 18666 (SD). Species Possibly Present on the Baja California Peninsula — Two species, Nolina cismontana and N. parryi have not yet been discovered on the Baja California peninsula, but grow at a distance less than 50 miles north of it in San Diego County, California, USA (Hess 2002). It is very likely that either one of these species could occur in the Baja California region. We consider it important to include a small diagnosis of each as well as photographs for both species so that accurate identification can be made if encountered in the region.	en	Hernández-Sandoval, Luis, Rebman, Jon P. (2018): The Genus Nolina (Asparagaceae) of the Baja California Peninsula, and the Recognition of a New Species Combination. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (3): 717-733, DOI: 10.1600/036364418X697436, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418x697436
5F37DB1E8208EC2CFBA6F915FC3DF840.taxon	description	According to Hess (2002), N. cismontana flowers in early to mid-spring, and grows on rocky hillsides in dry chaparral of coastal mountains from 200 to 1300 m in elevation.	en	Hernández-Sandoval, Luis, Rebman, Jon P. (2018): The Genus Nolina (Asparagaceae) of the Baja California Peninsula, and the Recognition of a New Species Combination. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (3): 717-733, DOI: 10.1600/036364418X697436, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418x697436
5F37DB1E820AEC32FEF2F8E2FDF6F840.taxon	description	According to Hess (2002), N. parryi flowers in early spring and grows on rocky slopes of desert and pinyon-juniper woodlands from 900 to 2100 m in elevation.	en	Hernández-Sandoval, Luis, Rebman, Jon P. (2018): The Genus Nolina (Asparagaceae) of the Baja California Peninsula, and the Recognition of a New Species Combination. Systematic Botany (Basel, Switzerland) 43 (3): 717-733, DOI: 10.1600/036364418X697436, URL: https://doi.org/10.1600/036364418x697436
