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Boechera lincolnensis

Windham & Al-Shehbaz

Darwin Rockcress

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Medium - lowThreat Impact
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.161022
Element CodePDBRA061M3
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCapparales
FamilyBrassicaceae
GenusBoechera
Synonyms
Arabis pulchra var. munciensisM.E. Jones
Other Common Names
Muncy Rockcress (EN) Muncy rockcress (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
Windham and Al-Shehbaz (2006) find through analysis of phylogenetics, morphology, and geography that the three sexual diploid entities previously recognized as varieties of Arabis pulchra (e.g., by Rollins (1993), Kartesz (1994 and 1999)) deserve recognition as distinct species: Arabis pulchra var. pallens is treated as Boechera formosa (Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz; A. pulchra var. munciensis is treated as Boechera lincolnensis Windham & Al-Shehbaz; A. pulchra var. pulchra is treated as Boechera pulchra s. str. This is the treatment followed in FNA (2010, vol. 7).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodLegacy Rank calculation - Excel v3.1x
Review Date2015-12-02
Change Date2015-12-02
Edition Date2016-03-30
Edition AuthorsGries, D. (1998), rev. Bittman and Treher (2016)
Threat ImpactMedium - low
Range Extent20,000-200,000 square km (about 8000-80,000 square miles)
Number of Occurrences81 to >300
Rank Reasons
Arabis pulchra var. munciensis is rare in California, occurring in Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, but is widespread and common in southern Nevada extending into seven counties in southwestern to western Utah.
Range Extent Comments
Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, California (Skinner, 1997). Widespread in southern Nevada, extending northward to Washoe and Pershing Counties (Kartesz, 1988). Occurs in seven counties in Utah, mostly in the western to southwestern portion of the state (Welsh, 1993).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

This species occurs around sagebrush and other shrubs, in gravelly soil and on rocky slopes at elevations ranging from 1,400 to 1,900 meters (Al-Shehbaz and Windham, 2020).
Terrestrial Habitats
Shrubland/chaparral
Other Nations (1)
United StatesN4
ProvinceRankNative
UtahS3Yes
NevadaS3Yes
CaliforniaS3Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
Nevada (2)
AreaForestAcres
Boundary Peak (NV)Inyo National Forest21,851
Jobs Peak (NV)Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest1,342
References (10)
  1. Al-Shehbaz, I.A. and M.D. Windham. 2020. Flora of North America: <i>Boechera lincolnensis</i>. Accessed: September 7, 2022. http://floranorthamerica.org/Boechera_lincolnensis
  2. 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.
  3. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  4. Kartesz, J.T. 1988. A flora of Nevada. Ph.D. dissertation. Univ. of Nevada, Reno. 3 volumes. 1729 pp.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Skinner, M.W., and B.M. Pavlik, eds. 1997 (1994). Inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California. 1997 Electronic Inventory Update of 1994 5th edition, California Native Plant Society, Special Publication No. 1, Sacramento.
  9. Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich, and L.C. Higgins (eds.) 1993. A Utah flora. 2nd edition. Brigham Young Univ., Provo, Utah. 986 pp.
  10. Windham, M. D. and I. A. Al-Shehbaz. 2006. New and noteworthy species of <i>Boechera</i> (Brassicaceae) I: Sexual diploids. Harvard Papers in Botany 11: 61-88.