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Boerhavia gracillima

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Slim-stalk Spiderling

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G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.131584

Element CodePDNYC06050

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderCaryophyllales

FamilyNyctaginaceae

GenusBoerhavia

Other Common Names

slimstalk spiderling (EN)

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.

Conservation Status

Review Date1991-05-13

Change Date1991-10-24

Edition Date1991-05-13

Edition AuthorsBroaddus, Lynn

Range Extent<100-250 square km (less than about 40-100 square miles)

Rank Reasons

Widespread and not uncommon. (There may be some disagreement on this, however. The Flora of Baja California {Wiggins, 1980} lists it as endemic to Baja California.)

Range Extent Comments

AZ, NM, TX (Trans-Pecos region), Baja Califronia, and southern Mexico.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Dry plains, fields, rocky hillsides (Correll and Johnston, 1970).

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Texas	SNR	Yes
New Mexico	SNR	Yes
Arizona	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

New Mexico (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Gila Box	Gila National Forest	23,759

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2003b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 4, Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 559 pp.
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.