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Stevia lemmonii

(Gray) Gray

Lemmon's Candyleaf

G3Vulnerable (G3G4) Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G3VulnerableGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.149115
Element CodePDAST8V010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusStevia
Other Common Names
Lemmon's Stevia (EN)
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
Comprised of two varieties, with var. hispidula endemic to Mexico (Grashoff 1974; cf. Martin et al. 1998, Rio Mayo Plants).
Conservation Status
Review Date2001-03-23
Change Date2001-03-23
Edition Date2001-03-23
Edition AuthorsAnnable, C., 1/94; rev. K. Maybury 1996, B. MacBryde 3/2001.
Rank Reasons
Stevia lemmonii (which is comprised of two varieties) is in northern Mexico (mountains of Durango northward) and southern Arizona, where it occurs in rocky canyons.
Range Extent Comments
Southern Arizona (mountains of Santa Cruz and Pima counties) and northern Mexico. Grashoff (1974) reported S. lemmonii var. hispidula from western slopes of the Sierra Madre Occidental (Sonora to Durango), noting that it is found to the south of most specimens of var. lemmonii, which ranges into southern Arizona.
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Rocky canyons, 750-1650 m. Type of var. hispidula is from an open forested (pine-oak) slope in Sinaloa, Mexico (Grashoff 1974).
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ArizonaS2Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
Arizona (2)
AreaForestAcres
Catalina St. Pk. Roadless AreaCoronado National Forest951
Happy ValleyCoronado National Forest7,972
References (4)
  1. Grashoff, J.L. 1974. Novelties in Stevia (Compositae: Eupatorieae). Brittonia 26: 347-384.
  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.