Carlquistia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|status = G2

|status_system = TNC

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|display_parents = 4

|genus = Carlquistia

|parent_authority = B.G.Baldw.

|species = muirii

|authority = (A.Gray) B.G.Baldw.

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-145034 The Plant List, Carlquistia muirii (A.Gray) B.G.Baldwin ]

|synonyms =

• Raillardella muirii A.Gray
• Raillardiopsis muirii (A.Gray) Rydb.

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Carlquistia is a rare North American genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae containing the single species Carlquistia muirii. Formerly named Raillardiopsis muirii, the plant was reexamined in the 1990s and moved to a new genus of its own, separate from similar and closely related genera, such as Madia.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=316916 Flora of North America: Carlquistia] Common names for the species include Muir's tarplant,[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=77556 Carlquistia muirii.] The Jepson eFlora 2013 Muir's raillardiopsis,[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=780237 Carlquistia muirii] Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) and Muir's raillardella.[http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=Q1KT Muir's raillardella (Carlquistia muirii).] US Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile.

This plant is related to the silversword alliance of Hawaiian plants.[http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/FACULTY/CARR/carlquistia.htm Carlquistia and the Silversword Alliance] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602011005/http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/FACULTY/CARR/carlquistia.htm |date=June 2, 2010 }}

The genus was named for the American botanist Sherwin Carlquist (1930–2021). The specific epithet "muirii" honors Scottish-American naturalist, John Muir (1838–1914).[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21280106#page/646/mode/1up Gray, Asa. 1876. Geological Survey of California, Botany 1: 618]