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Empetrum nigrum
Empetrum nigrum
Black Crowberry
Photographer: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 1335 3153 0671 0099 (2002-11-13)

Copyright © 2002 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  unknown
  • location   Svinafellsjokull glacier (Iceland)
  • family Ericaceae
  • CalAcademy slide #   T 72910
  • photo category: Plant - annual/perennial

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Black Crowberry (ITIS )
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  • Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
    1. Reviewed by Tamara Gedik    Jan 3, 2003

    Action: changed name from "Empetrum nigrum" to "Calochortus sp. "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Empetrum spp. consist of solitary, inconspicuous flowers in leaf axils, are small, heath-like shrubs in stature, and possess multiple other traits not present in this photo of Calochortus sp. (3 petals, hairy inside, with dark spot near base, 3 stigmas on 1 style, etc.)
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    2. Reviewed by Dora Jakobsdottir    May 3, 2004

    Action: changed name from "Calochortus sp." to "Empetrum nigrum "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "This is clearly Empetrum nigrum, a common species in Iceland. No Calochortus species grow in Iceland."

     
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