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Sicyosperma gracile

Gray

Climbing-arrowheads

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.136305
Element CodePDCUC0P010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderViolales
FamilyCucurbitaceae
GenusSicyosperma
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
A monotypic genus (Mabberley 1998).
Conservation Status
Review Date1988-12-10
Change Date1988-12-10
Edition Date2001-03-26
Edition AuthorsJoyal, E., 11/88; rev. B. MacBryde 3/2001.
Range Extent250-2,500,000 square km (about 100-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences21 - 80
Rank Reasons
Sicyosperma gracile is the only species in the genus. It is in southern Arizona and New Mexico, and Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico, occurring on brushy slopes and tangled shady canyon bottoms (e.g., along streams).
Range Extent Comments
USA: southern Arizona, New Mexico; and northern Mexico: Chihuahua, Sonora.
Occurrences Comments
16 collections at U.S. National Herbarium.
Threat Impact Comments
Habitat likely grazed.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Along streams in partial shade, canyons & adjacent slopes, lower & upper Sonoran zones, 3500-5500'.
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ArizonaS2Yes
New MexicoSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
Arizona (2)
AreaForestAcres
Happy ValleyCoronado National Forest7,972
Lower RinconCoronado National Forest3,278
References (6)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2015. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 6. Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droserceae. Oxford University Press, New York. 496 pp + xxiv.
  2. 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.
  3. Kearney, T.H., R.H. Peebles, and collaborators. 1951. Arizona flora. 2nd edition with Supplement (1960) by J.T. Howell, E. McClintock, and collaborators. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1085 pp.
  4. Martin, P.S., D. Yetman, M. Fishbein, P. Jenkins, T.R. Van Devender, and R.K. Wilson. 1998. Gentry's Rio Mayo plants; The tropical deciduous forest & environs of northwest Mexico. Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson. 558 pp. + map.
  5. 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.
  6. Shreve, F., and I.L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran Desert. 2 volumes. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford. 1740 pp.