Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1234854
Element CodePDBRA40470
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single nation
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderCapparales
FamilyBrassicaceae
GenusBoechera
Other Common NamesSilver Rockcress (EN)
Concept ReferenceFlora 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 CommentsThis record is for the broad treatment of Boechera puberula including Arabis beckwithii which was treated as distinct by Kartesz (1994 and 1999). Windham and Al-Shehbaz (2006), which is followed by FNA (2010, vol. 7), found the type specimens of Arabis beckwithii S. Wats. to be conspecific with Boechera puberula (= Arabis puberula) based on morphology and geographic distribution. The authors find that the seven specimens interpreted by Rollins as A. beckwithii and used as justification for its acceptance as a species more closely resemble B. inyoensis.