Biology:Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus

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Short description: Variety of flowering plant

Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Cercocarpus
Species:
C. ledifolius
Variety:
C. l. var. intricatus
Trinomial name
Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus
(S.Watson) M.E.Jones
Synonyms

Cercocarpus intricatus S. Watson[1]

Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus (little-leaf mountain mahogany, narrowleaf mahogany,[2]:3 dwarf mountain mahogany[2]:152) is a variety of Cercocarpus ledifolius that is commonly known as little-leaf mountain mahogany.[3]

Distribution

Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus is native to the Southwestern United States, from California to Colorado, where it grows in mostly dry habitat such as deserts. It can be found in rocky places and slopes of mountain brush, pinyon juniper woodland, and ponderosa pine forest vegetation types.[2]:152

Description

Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus is a thickly branched shrub spreading and growing erect to heights between one and three meters. The many short gray twigs on the branches bear tiny, widely spaced evergreen leaves. Each thick, short leaf is a centimeter long or less, rolled under at the edges, and leathery in texture. The inflorescence has two or three flowers. Each flower is a tiny cup merely a few millimeters wide containing several protruding stamens and one pistil. The style remains after the rest of the flower falls away. It is feathery and up to two centimeters long, with the fruit, an achene, at the tip.

References

  1. ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?463052 | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2012-04-19 }}
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN:978-0-7627-7013-7
  3. ↑ "Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=195850. Retrieved 2012-04-19. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5063950 entry




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