{ "release_id": "thrive-v1-9d751b6f6d1787853e7f8e31", "flora_id": 5, "display_name": "Abronia umbellata", "scientific_name": "Abronia umbellata", "document": { "schema_version": "flora-language-separated-v0.3", "language": "en", "id": 5, "taxonomy": { "original_scientific_name": "Abronia umbellata", "accepted_name": "Abronia umbellata Lam.", "family": "Nyctaginaceae", "genus": "Abronia" }, "display_name": "Abronia umbellata", "family_display": "Nyctaginaceae", "genus_display": "Abronia", "description": { "summary": "Pink sand-verbena (Abronia umbellata) is a perennial creeping herb of Pacific-coast beaches and dunes, with winged fruit. Wind-tunnel and artificial-seawater assays examined fruit dispersal and flotation; the cited sources report no sustained plant growth under salt treatment.", "sections": [ { "id": "s01", "title": "Overview", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s01-p01", "text": "Pink sand-verbena is a perennial creeping herb of Pacific-coast beaches and dunes.", "source_ids": [ "S2", "S4" ], "claim_type": "project_synthesis" } ] }, { "id": "s02", "title": "Names and classification", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s02-p01", "text": "The accepted name is Abronia umbellata Lam.; the cited salinity material is mainly from North American Pacific-coast beach populations, without a stated infraspecific taxon.", "source_ids": [ "S1", "S2", "S4" ], "claim_type": "source_fact" }, { "id": "s02-p02", "text": "Both eHALOPH and COSEWIC classify the species as a perennial herb; COSEWIC’s assessment focuses on Canadian upper-tide populations.", "source_ids": [ "S2", "S4" ], "claim_type": "project_synthesis" } ] }, { "id": "s03", "title": "Morphology and identification", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s03-p01", "text": "A perennial creeping herb of sandy habitats, with stems close to the ground, pink to purple-pink flowers in clustered heads, and winged fruit.", "source_ids": [ "S2", "S4" ], "claim_type": "source_fact" } ] }, { "id": "s04", "title": "Distribution, habitat and phenology", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s04-p01", "text": "Canadian populations occur on upper-tide beaches; COSEWIC reports that local plants often fail to persist through winter and can be removed by high tides and winter storms.", "source_ids": [ "S2", "S4" ], "claim_type": "source_fact" }, { "id": "s04-p02", "text": "The cited sources do not provide a consistent, reliable flowering or fruiting season.", "source_ids": [], "claim_type": "evidence_gap" } ] }, { "id": "s05", "title": "Salinity in natural habitats", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s05-p01", "text": "Beach and dune habitats place the species in a coastal setting, but the cited sources report no root-zone salinity measurements for it.", "source_ids": [ "S2", "S4" ], "claim_type": "project_synthesis" } ] }, { "id": "s06", "title": "Salinity studies", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s06-p01", "text": "The salinity-related experiments for this species measured fruit dispersal and flotation; they did not apply NaCl to plants or measure sustained plant growth.", "source_ids": [], "claim_type": "evidence_gap" } ] }, { "id": "s07", "title": "Reported mechanisms and ecological adaptations", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s07-p01", "text": "Available studies focus on beach life history, fruit dispersal, and storm disturbance; they do not report salt-ion regulation or antioxidant mechanisms in this species.", "source_ids": [ "S2", "S3", "S4" ], "claim_type": "project_synthesis" } ] }, { "id": "s08", "title": "Conclusions and evidence gaps", "paragraphs": [ { "id": "s08-p01", "text": "Darling et al. compared filled anthocarps from 34 populations across the range. Wing index was higher at both northern and southern range margins, and more strongly winged fruits moved at lower wind speeds in the tunnel; wings did not improve flotation in artificial seawater.", "source_ids": [ "S1", "S2", "S3", "S4" ], "claim_type": "project_synthesis" } ] } ] }, "tolerance_evidence": [], "database_records": [ { "name_original": "ehaloph", "display_name": "eHALOPH", "record_id": "11946", "verification_level": "archived_synthesis", "support_scope": "Species-level eHALOPH entry labels the taxon psammophile and lists coastal dunes and sandy shores in North America. Its note explicitly says salt tolerance has not been established and the taxon was included because of habitat. Habitat/distribution is linked to Darling et al. (2008) seed-dispersal work; Doliner & Jolliffe (1979) is a bibliography item with no salinity value. The entry supports a coastal psammophyte habitat association and reports no quantitative salt response.", "source_ids": [ "S1" ] }, { "name_original": "floraveg", "display_name": "FloraVeg.EU", "record_id": "baseline row 5", "verification_level": "local_original", "support_scope": "The name search returned an unmatched FloraVeg candidate row, with match_type=unmatched and zero saline/brackish EUNIS associations. This regional database has no valid match for the species, so the row cannot establish the salinity association of North American coastal populations.", "source_ids": [ "S5" ] } ], "sources": [ { "id": "S1", "citation_original": "eHALOPH species record 11946", "url": "https://ehaloph.uc.pt/showplant/11946", "additional_urls": [], "source_kind": "database", "verification_level": "archived_synthesis", "checked_at": "2026-09-29" }, { "id": "S2", "citation_original": "COSEWIC. Pink sand-verbena (Abronia umbellata) assessment and status report, Chapter 2", "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/pink-sand-verbena/chapter-2.html", "additional_urls": [], "source_kind": "authoritative_flora", "verification_level": "authority_record", "checked_at": "2026-10-03" }, { "id": "S3", "citation_original": "Darling, Samis & Eckert. 2008. Increased seed dispersal potential towards geographic range limits in a Pacific coast dune plant. New Phytologist. DOI:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02349.x", "url": "https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02349.x", "additional_urls": [], "source_kind": "primary_field", "verification_level": "local_original", "checked_at": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "S4", "citation_original": "NatureServe Explorer, Mediterranean California Southern Coastal Dune system", "url": "https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.722773/Mediterranean_California_Southern_Coastal_Dune", "additional_urls": [], "source_kind": "authoritative_flora", "verification_level": "archived_synthesis", "checked_at": "2026-09-29" }, { "id": "S5", "citation_original": "FloraVeg.EU / Chytrý et al. (2020), EUNIS-ESy characteristic-species combinations, version 2021-06-01. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4812736.", "url": "https://files.ibot.cas.cz/cevs/downloads/floraveg/Characteristic-species-combinations-EUNIS-habitats-2021-06-01.xlsx", "additional_urls": [ "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4812736" ], "source_kind": "database", "verification_level": "local_original", "checked_at": "2026-10-02" } ] } }