Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.130286
Element CodePMIRI0D0Y0
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassMonocotyledoneae
OrderLiliales
FamilyIridaceae
GenusSisyrinchium
Concept ReferenceKartesz, 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.
Conservation Status
Review Date2009-05-06
Change Date2008-03-19
Edition Date2019-01-29
Edition AuthorsBeckman, J. (7/96), rev. K. Gravuer (2009), rev. Treher (2019)
Threat ImpactMedium
Range Extent200,000-2,500,000 square km (about 80,000-1,000,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences21 - 80
Rank ReasonsSisyrinchium longipes occurs from Arizona, New Mexico, and California south to Durango and Oaxaca, Mexico. The species is most common in Arizona where it occurs in multiple mountain ranges (San Francisco Peaks, White Mountains, Pinaleno Mountains, Chiricahua Mountains, Rincon and Santa Catalina Mountains). Only one occurrence is known from California and two from New Mexico. There around ten specimens from Mexico, but many of those were collected prior to 1980. The abundance of this species is largely unknown. It is found in wet to moist meadows, stream banks, springy places, edges of fields, and moist open areas in open mixed conifer forests. Threats are largely unknown, but possibly include hydrological alterations, water diversions, and ORV use.
Range Extent CommentsSisyrinchium longipes occurs in a number of Arizona mountain ranges (San Francisco Peaks, White Mountains, Pinaleno Mountains, Chiricahua Mountains, Rincon and Santa Catalina Mountains) including Apache, Cochise, Coconino, Graham, Greenlee, and Pima Counties. It also occurs in Catron and Grant Counties in New Mexico, and distantly at one site in the San Bernardino Mountains, California. In northern Mexico, it appears to be documented from at least Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Durango , and possibly, Oaxaca and Nuevo León (Quintanilla 2001, SEINet 2019, IEB accessed at REMIB 2019). Range extent excluding Mexico is 171, 000 sq km. If the range in Mexico extends to Oaxaca, range extent is about 807, 000 sq km.
Occurrences CommentsThere is one extant occurrence in California. There are two specimens from New Mexico. Occurrences have not been mapped in Arizona or New Mexico; the Southwest Environmental Information Network Collections Database (SEINet 2009) shows approximately 52 distinct herbarium collections from Arizona, and the species has been documented in one county in New Mexico. There are eight herbarium records in SEINet (2019) from Mexico [Durango (1) and Chihuahua (8)] but the total number could be higher. Additional specimens at IEB, document the species in Durango and Oaxaca (REMIB 2019).
Threat Impact CommentsThreats are largely unknown, but in California, they possibly include hydrological alterations, water diversions, and ORV use (CNPS 2009). Overall, disturbances to the wet meadow habitat of this plant would be threatening. Some sites in Mexico border corn fields where agricultural related threats could impact the species.