Packera cliffordii

(N.D. Atwood & S.L. Welsh) O'Kane

GNRUnranked Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.890110
Element CodePDAST8H540
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusProvisional
Name CategoryVascular Plant
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusPackera
Synonyms
Senecio cliffordiiN.D. Atwood & S.L. Welsh
Concept Reference
Yeatts, L., B. Schneider, and A. Schneider. 2011. Packera mancosana (Asteraceae: Senecioneae), a new species and shale barren endemic of southwestern Colorado. Phytoneuron 26: 1-8.
Taxonomic Comments
Senecio cliffordii was first described in Welsh et al. (2003). It was included in Packera spellenbergii in Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2006). However, D. Trock, who authored the Packera treatment in Flora of North America visited populations of Senecio cliffordii in New Mexico in 2007 and "now doubts her placement of it as a synonym of Packera spellenbergii" (R. Sivinski, pers. comm., 2007 cited by New Mexico Rare Plant Technical Council). Senecio cliffordii and Packera spellenbergii are maintained as distinct species in the key in Yeatts et al. (2011). O'Kane (2022) transfers Senecio cliffordii to Packera cliffordii.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
UtahSNRYes
New MexicoS2Yes
ArizonaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (2)
New Mexico (2)
AreaForestAcres
Chama WS RiverSanta Fe National Forest4,168
Chama WildernessSanta Fe National Forest1,295
References (5)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2006b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 20. Magnoliophyta: Asteridae, part 7: Asteraceae, part 2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxii + 666 pp.
  2. O'Kane, S.L. 2022. <i>Packera cliffordii</i> (Asteraceae), a new combination and differentiation from <i>P. spellenbergii</i>. Phytoneuron 3: 1-3.
  3. Sivinski, R. 2007. New Mexico rare plants: <i>Packera spellenbergii</i> (Spellenberg's groundsel). New Mexico Rare Plant Technical Council, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Online. Available: http://nmrareplants.unm.edu (Accessed 2013).
  4. Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich and L.C. Higgins. (Eds.) 2003. A Utah Flora. 3rd edition. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, U.S.A. 912 pp.
  5. Yeatts, L., B. Schneider, and A. Schneider. 2011. <i>Packera mancosana </i>(Asteraceae: Senecioneae), a new species and shale barren endemic of southwestern Colorado. Phytoneuron 26: 1-8.