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Boechera xylopoda

Windham & Al-Shehbaz

Beautiful Rockcress

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.129118
Element CodePDBRA061M6
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCapparales
FamilyBrassicaceae
GenusBoechera
Synonyms
Arabis pulchra var. gracilisM.E. Jones
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 (2007b) find Arabis pulchra var. gracilis sensu Rollins (1993) - followed in Kartesz (1994 and 1999) - to deserve distinction as the separate species Boechera xylopoda Windham and Al-Shehbaz. This treatment is followed in FNA (2010, vol. 7).
Conservation Status
Review Date2003-01-02
Change Date2003-01-02
Edition Date2003-01-02
Edition AuthorsK. Maybury
Rank Reasons
Abundance unknown but collections exist from much of southeastern California and southern Nevada (7 Nevada counties) (Kartesz 2002). Also known from northwestern Mexico, Utah, and Arizona. Found mostly in deserts but on a variety of substrates (limestone, shale, volcanic rubble) (Rollins 1993).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
CaliforniaSNRYes
NevadaS3Yes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
California (1)
AreaForestAcres
Soldier CanyonInyo National Forest40,589
References (6)
  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. Kartesz, J.T. 2002. A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Second edition (including county distribution). In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Draft of Version 2.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.