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Drymocallis cuneifolia

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Wedgeleaf Drymocallis

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G2ImperiledGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.867698

Element CodePDROS2D010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single state or province

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderRosales

FamilyRosaceae

GenusDrymocallis

Concept Reference

Ertter, B. 2007. Generic realignments in tribe Potentilleae and revision of Drymocallis (Rosoideae: Rosaceae) in North America. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1(1):31-46.

Taxonomic Comments

According to Ertter (2007) Drymocallis cuneifolia was originally described from a fragmentary specimen which, when no more similar populations could be located, led to uncertainty about its distinctiveness from Potentilla glandulosa ssp. nevadensis. However, a population discovered near the original collection site in 2004 is comparable to the original type and these plants' similarity to what had been described as P. glandulosa ssp. ewanii led Ertter to the conclusion that they are varieties of the same species: Drymocallis cuneifolia (Drymocallis being resurrected as a genus distinct from Potentilla).

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2015-10-14

Change Date2015-10-14

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Habitat is stream edges in riparian scrub (var. cuneifolia) and edges of seeps, springs, and waterways, in lower montane coniferous forests (var. ewanii) (Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2014).

Terrestrial Habitats

Forest/WoodlandForest - Conifer

Palustrine Habitats

HERBACEOUS WETLANDSCRUB-SHRUB WETLANDRiparian

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN2

Province	Rank	Native
California	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (1)

California (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Westfork	Angeles National Forest	4,407

References (2)

Ertter, B. 2007. Generic realignments in tribe Potentilleae and revision of Drymocallis (Rosoideae: Rosaceae) in North America. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1(1):31-46.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 9. Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 713 pp.