Plant Life of a Desert Archipelago: Flora of the Sonoran Islands in the Gulf of California

Contents

vii Contents List of Tables ix Foreword, by Exequiel Ezcurra xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii Abbreviations xix Part I The Islands and Their Vegetation 1 Introduction 3 Geologic History and Island Physiography, with Michael E. Oskin 3 Vegetation Communities 7 Historical Human Use and Influence 16 Non-native and Invasive Species 19 Administration and Conservation 21 Island Diversity 25 Isla Tiburón 30 Coastal communities 30 The eastern bajada 31 Sierra Kunkaak 33 The Central Valley 34 Sierra Menor and the west coast 35 The North (Tecomate) 37 The South (Sauzal) 39 Isla San Esteban 41 viii CONTENTS Isla Dátil 43 Isla Cholludo 44 Isla Alcatraz 45 Isla Patos 46 Isla San Pedro Mártir 46 Isla San Pedro Nolasco 51 Part II Botanical Explorations on the Sonoran Islands: Collectors, Associates, and Selected Personalities 57 Part III The Flora 109 Species Accounts 111 Doubtful and Excluded Reports and Ones in Need of Verification 471 Addendum 477 Part IV Gazetteer 481 Appendices 511 Appendix A. Checklist of the Flora of the Sonoran Islands 511 Appendix B. Species Mutually Absent from Isla Tiburón and Mainland Sonora 523 Appendix C. Botanical Name Changes 533 Literature Cited 539 Index 551 ...