Talk:Oemleria cerasiformis

Questions

How do we classify this, for some sort of infobox: template:taxobox
Is the plant present in Mexico or Canada? If not, how far away from the borders does its natural habitat stop?

MrZaius^talk 06:31, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Based on the USDA plants profile, O. cerasiformis is native to British Columbia; I would guess not Mexico, though, since its U.S. range extends only as far south as Santa Barbara County, California. I will add this info to the article. -- BlueCanoe (talk) 19:17, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I am interested in how oemleria is pollinated. It blooms so early I thought it is wind pollinated. Could you please include that information too? Srbachhuber (talk) 00:07, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Oemler

There is no record of Oemler collecting anything in Western North America. He collected in the southeastern United States and in Sweden. (Harvard University Herbaria Database) The author of the genus Oemleria never claimed Oemler ever collected Oemleria. He wrote "*) mutanda : in honorem cl. Oemler, amici Nuttalii, Elliotii, Torreyi et al. cui (nunc Dresdae degenti) multas raras debeo plantas, inter quas etiam Scutellaria Oemleri Beyrich" translation: to be changed: in honor of the distinguished Oemler, friend of Nuttall, Elliott, Torrey et al. to whom (now living in Dresden) I owe many rare plants, among which also the Scutellaria Oemleri Beyrich. People often invent stories to claim a closer tie between a botanist and the plants named after them, and this is one such example. Nomen ambiguum (talk) 01:58, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Going back to the origin of the epithet

"1. Nuttallia cerasiformis. Torr. et Gr. FI. ofN. Am. ined. — (Tab. LXXXII.)

The greater part of the accompanying drawing of this entirely new genus, was made from imperfect specimens gathered on the Columbia by Mr Douglas and Dr Scouler in 1825. It has since been sent me, in various states, from the “margins of pine woods,’’ in the same country, by Dr Gairdner and Mr Tolmie, and from these specimens the drawing was completed. It now appears in Mr Douglas’ Californian collection; and I have lately received the same plant from Mr Nuttall, gathered by that gentleman on the Columbia, and bearing the ms. name of Nuttallia cerasiformis of Torrey and Gray, a name which I have the greatest pleasure in thus perpetuating. Nor could the name be attached to any plant with greater propriety than to one inhabiting a district of country where that gentleman has so eminently signalized himself by his recent laborious researches and discoveries. We here subjoin Mr Nuttall’s description, drawn up on the spot, as copied from his ms. by my friend Dr Gray, and which shows how well he distinguished all its remarkable features."

Proof of a negative tends to be difficult, but the above also makes it unlikely that Oemler was the first collector. Lavateraguy (talk) 12:10, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]