A. Gray
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.158793
Element CodePDACA07010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderScrophulariales
FamilyAcanthaceae
GenusCarlowrightia
Other Common NamesArizona carlowrightia (EN) Arizona wrightwort (EN)
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 Date2002-09-08
Change Date2002-09-08
Edition Date2005-06-10
Edition AuthorsYekell, S. (TNC-LASP); rev. R. Bittman 2005
Threat ImpactUnknown
Range Extent5000-200,000 square km (about 2000-80,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences21 - 300
Rank ReasonsIts the most widely distributed species of the genus, ranging from southern Arizona to state of Guanacaste In Costa Rica. The species is especially common in the cape region of Baja California, in the coastal low lands of westren Mexico, on the western escarpment of the Sierra Madre Occidental, and on the southern escarpment of the Sierra Madre del Sur. It also occurs in the Chihuahuan Desert of western Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, and San Luis Potosí where its occurrence is very sporadic. The species grows in a variety of habitats, but is most frequently encountered in rocky or sandy washes and arroyos, on rocky ledges or hillside, an in roadside ditches at elevations fron sea level to 1400 m.
Range Extent CommentsDistribution ranges from a small part of southern CA east to Arizona and Texas and south into Baja, Mexico, mainland Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua to nw Costa Rica (Guanacaste Park). The range extent has to be in the tens of thousands of square miles.
Occurrences CommentsDistribution ranges from a small part of southern CA east to Arizona and Texas and south into Baja, Mexico, mainland Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua to nw Costa Rica (Guanacaste Park). There have to be over 100 EO's, although California only has four.