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CPBBD-inspired. A fern with a funny distribution across the mountains of the northern hemisphere.
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Literally the most amazing botanical family I've ever learned about. Contains Blueberries/Cranberries, Madrone/Manzanita, the various Heathers, and the Monotropes. Some pretty odd mycorrhizal r... Mais
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Includes: Taraxia (Sun Cup) Camissoniopsis Oenothera (Evening Primrose) Clarkia Fuchsia Epilobium (makes sense in same as Clarkia)
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Includes Louseworts (*Pedicularis*) and Broomrape (*Orobanche*). I like plants that fuck with other plants. Fuck plants
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A very cool and cosmopolitan family. Includes:, Lennooideae (*Pholisma, Lenoa*), Forget-me-not, Hound's tongue, Oysterplant, Fiddleneck (shoutout Larry-G!), and of course, the Borage that grows ... Mais
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Includes the Sand Food (*Pholisma sonorae*) and Desert Xmas Tree (*Pholisma arenarium*). Does the latter's name mean "resembling *Arenaria*"? In the Boraginaceae family.
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There's some cool story about the Kovach guy stealing this thing from Peru, but I haven't read the book. Basically just a huge, epic orchid
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Orchidaceae There's a weird disjunct population of these in SoCal which is why they make the list
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Vanilla is an Orchid?!? Insane. How has this possibly become a pejorative adjective for one’s personality and sexual preferences?? I bet people would stop hating on regular shit if it were rebrande... Mais
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CPBBD taught me about this one. One of those weird distributional things; I think this is the only species from its family (Tecophilaeaceae?) in North America. The others are in Africa and S. Am.
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A very epic family of Mycoheterotrophs that I learned about here (https://mycoheterotrophy.com/corsiaceae/). Includes 3 known genera, one monotypic in S. Am, one in PNG/Australia with ~25 specie... Mais
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What I really wanted to add here was Thismiaceae but I guess it got lumped into this (lamer) family. Includes Thismia, Tiputinia, etc. Sadly none of these live in California but maybe I'll make... Mais