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Physaria pinetorum

(Wooton & Standley) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz

White Mountain Bladderpod

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Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.137003

Element CodePDBRA1N1B0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCapparales

FamilyBrassicaceae

GenusPhysaria

Synonyms

Lesquerella pinetorumWoot. & Standl.

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Rollins (1993) noted that there are reduced forms in the Sandia Mountains (at 11,000 feet) near Albuquerque. The treatment in FNA (2010, vol. 7) mentions, "Densely cespitose plants with crowded racemes not exceeding the basal leaves are found at the crest (3200–3400 m) of the Sandia Mountains, New Mexico. These probably represent an undescribed taxon." P. iveyana was described as a distinct species by O'Kane et al. (2012). However, it is no longer considered valid by botanists in New Mexico and is treated as a synonym of P. pinetorum (Allred 2020).

Conservation Status

Rank Method Rank calculation - Biotics v2

Review Date2024-02-28

Change Date2024-02-28

Edition Date2024-02-28

Edition AuthorsMacBryde, Bruce (2000), rev. A. Tomaino (2024)

Range Extent20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)

Number of Occurrences81 - 300

Rank Reasons

Physaria pinetorum is known from the mountains of central and southwestern New Mexico and southeastern and central Arizona, occurring on slopes and ridges in rocky to sandy soils, in several plant communities.

Range Extent Comments

Range extent was estimated using herbarium specimens, photo-based observations, and NatureServe Network occurrence data collected between 1993 and 2024 (GBIF 2024, iNaturalist 2024, NatureServe 2024, SEINet 2024).

Occurrences Comments

Based on NatureServe Network occurrence data, herbarium records, and photo-based observations documented between 1993 and 2024, there are between 81 and 300 occurrences rangewide (GBIF 2024, iNaturalist 2024, NatureServe 2024, SEINet 2024).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Habitat is scrub oak, pinyon-juniper woodland, open ponderosa pine forests, these sometimes mixed with Douglas fir, white pine, white fir, Engelmann spruce, or Gambel oak, on limestone-derived or otherwise basic soils, often in rock crevices (Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2010).

Terrestrial Habitats

Forest/WoodlandForest - ConiferWoodland - ConiferShrubland/chaparralBare rock/talus/scree

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
Arizona	S2	Yes
New Mexico	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

DurationPERENNIAL

Economic Value (Genus)Yes

Roadless Areas (1)

Arizona (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Hellsgate	Tonto National Forest	6,171

References (7)

Allred, K.W. 2020. Flora Neomexicana I: Annotated Checklist, 3rd edition.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2010. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 7. Magnoliophyta: Salicaceae to Brassicaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxii + 797 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Martin, W.C., and C.R. Hutchins. 1980-1981. A flora of New Mexico. 1980, Vol. 1; 1981, Vol. 2. J. Cramer, in der A.R. Gantner Verlag, K.G., Vaduz, Liechtenstein. 2591 pp.
O'Kane, S.L., Jr., K.N. Smith, & K.A. 2012. <i>Physaria iveyana </i>(Brassicaceae), a new species from the Sandia Mountains, New Mexico. Phytoneuron 53:1-6.
Rollins, R.C. 1993a. The Cruciferae of continental North America: Systematics of the mustard family from the Arctic to Panama. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, California. 976 pp.