Biology:Physaria intermedia

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Short description: Species of bladder pod

Physaria intermedia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Brassicales
Family: Brassicaceae
Genus: Physaria
Species:
P. intermedia
Binomial name
Physaria intermedia
(S.Watson) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz

Physaria intermedia is a rare species[1] of bladder pod in the cabbage family, Brassicaceae.

Range

1500–2100 m; endemic to northeast-northcentral New Mexico.

Habitat

Ecology

Physaria intermedia is an example of the adaptation of Physaria species to dry or alpine habitats.

Taxonomy

DNA analysis and resulting phylogenetic trees indicate that historical classifications were in error. The closely related Physaria fallax (nom nudum) represents disjunct populations of Physaria in southwest New Mexico, Arizona and southern Utah.[2]

References

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