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Cistus ladanifer

Gum Rock-rose

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GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.154713

Element CodePDCIS01030

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderViolales

FamilyCistaceae

GenusCistus

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

Epithet here corrected to 'ladanifer' (see Stearn, Botanical Latin, example of 'florifer'); misspelled by Kartesz (1994 Checklist) as 'ladaniferus' (as is often incorrectly done, cf. new Jepson manual, California).

Conservation Status

Review Date1993-11-16

Change Date1993-02-14

Edition Date1993-11-16

Edition AuthorsAnnable, C.

Rank Reasons

Native to Europe. Naturalized in CA.

Range Extent Comments

Native to southwest Europe. Naturalized in CA.

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Disturbed places; <300 m.

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNA

Province	Rank	Native
California	SNA	No

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (5)

California (5)

Area	Forest	Acres
Arroyo Seco	Angeles National Forest	4,703
Sespe - Frazier	Angeles National Forest	4,254
Strawberry Peak	Angeles National Forest	7,245
Tule	Angeles National Forest	9,861
West Fork	Angeles National Forest	1,169

References (3)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2015. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 6. Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droserceae. Oxford University Press, New York. 496 pp + xxiv.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 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.