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Boechera sparsiflora

(Nutt.) Dorn

GNRUnranked Found in 9 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1231109
Element CodePDBRA40390
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
Boechera sparsiflora as treated by FNA (2010, vol. 7), following Windham and Al-Shehbaz (2006), excludes varieties accepted in Rollins (1993) and Kartesz (1994 and 1999): Arabis sparsiflora var. arcuata (treated by FNA as two species, B. arcuata and B. rubicundula), A. sparsiflora var. atrorubens (treated as B. atrorubens), A. sparsiflora var. californica (treated as B. californica), A. sparsiflora var. columbiana (included in B. pauciflora), and part of A. sparsiflora var. subvillosa (included in synonymy of B. pauciflora, however, A. campyloloba and A. polytricha, which were treated by Rollins (1993) and Kartesz (1994, 1999) as synonyms of A. sparsiflora var. subvillosa, are treated by FNA (2010) as synonyms of B. sparsiflora).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (2)
CanadaNU
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaSUYes
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
NevadaSNRYes
WashingtonSNRYes
MontanaSUYes
WyomingS1Yes
IdahoSNRYes
UtahSNRYes
OregonSNRYes
CaliforniaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (9)
California (5)
AreaForestAcres
Callahan FlowModoc National Forest6,618
Chineese Camp (CA)Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest4,339
Devil's Gate (CA)Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest9,946
LavasModoc National Forest25,864
West Walker (CA)Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest495
Nevada (4)
AreaForestAcres
Chineese Camp (NV)Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest15,207
Pine Grove SouthHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest88,945
Rose - Alum CreekHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest853
West Walker (NV)Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest5,683
References (5)
  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. 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.
  5. 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.