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Cirsium tukuhnikivatzicum

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La Sal Thistle

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Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1344556
Element CodePDAST2E440
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicendemic to a single state or province
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusCirsium
Concept Reference
Ackerfield, J.R. 2023. A new species of thistle endemic to the La Sal Mountains of Utah. Systematic Botany 48(2): 354-362.
Taxonomic Comments
Cirsium tukuhnikivatzicum is described as a new species by Ackerfield (2023). Ackerfield (2022, 2023) found that C. eatonii var. eriocephalum consists of three distinct species: C. scopulorum, C. funkiae, and C. tukuhnikivatzicum. "C. tukuhnikivatzicum is endemic to the La Sal Mountains of Utah and well separated from the distributions of C. funkiae and C. scopulorum" (Ackerfield 2023).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

"This species occurs in high elevation montane meadows surrounded by spruce-fir forest" (Ackerfield 2023).
Terrestrial Habitats
Forest/WoodlandForest - ConiferGrassland/herbaceous
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
UtahSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (1)
Utah (1)
AreaForestAcres
Horse Mountain - Mans PeakManti-Lasal National Forest22,159
References (4)
  1. Ackerfield, J.R. 2022. Hiding in plain sight: Two new species of alpine thistles, <i>Cirsium culebraensis</i> and <i>C. funkiae</i> (Cardueae) from the southern Rocky Mountains (United States). Capitulum 1(2): 1-15.
  2. Ackerfield, J.R. 2023. A new species of thistle endemic to the La Sal Mountains of Utah. Systematic Botany 48(2): 354-362.
  3. Ackerfield, J.R., D.J. Keil, W.C. Hodgson, M.P. Simmons, S.D. Fehlberg, and V.A. Funk. 2020. Thistle be a mess: Untangling the taxonomy of <i>Cirsium </i>(Cardueae: Compositae) in North America. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 58(6): 881-912.
  4. Siniscalchi, C.M., J.R. Ackerfield, and R.A. Folk. 2023. Diversification and biogeography of North American thistles (<i>Cirsium</i>: Carduoideae: Compositae): Drivers of a rapid continent-wide radiation. International Journal of Plant Sciences 184: 322-341.