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Boechera gracilenta

(Greene) Windham & Al-Shehbaz

Selby's Rockcress

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1235140
Element CodePDBRA40490
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCapparales
FamilyBrassicaceae
GenusBoechera
Concept Reference
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.
Taxonomic Comments
Windham and Al-Shehbaz (2007b) and FNA (2010, vol. 7) recognize Boechera gracilenta as distinct from B. perennans based on morphology, geographic distribution, environmental factors, and reproductive system/ploidy. They also find the type specimen of Arabis selbyi Rydberg similar enough to B. gracilenta to be treated as the same species, with Arabis gracilenta being the older name, thus naming it Boechera gracilenta. They identify other collections previously accepted as Arabis selbyi as Boechera pallidifolia or B. inyoensis. Kartesz (1994 and 1999) included Arabis gracilenta in A. perennans.
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ColoradoS4Yes
NevadaS2Yes
ArizonaSNRYes
New MexicoSNRYes
WyomingS2Yes
UtahSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
New Mexico (1)
AreaForestAcres
Rio MedioSanta Fe National Forest2,844
References (4)
  1. 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.
  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. 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.
  4. Windham, M.D., and I.A. Al-Shehbaz. 2007b. New and noteworthy species of <i>Boechera</i> (Brassicaceae) III: Additional sexual diploids and apomictic hybrids. Harvard Papers in Botany 12(1): 235-257.