Cercocarpus
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Cercocarpus, commonly known as mountain mahogany, is a small genus of at least nine species of nitrogen-fixing flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they grow in chaparral and semidesert habitats and climates, often at high altitudes. Several are found in the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderRosales
- FamilyRosaceae
Cercocarpus es un género con unas 50 especies descritas perteneciente a la familia Rosaceae.[1] Índice 1 Taxonomía 2 Especies seleccionadas 3 Referencias 4 Enlaces externos Taxonomía El género fue descrito por Carl Sigismund Kunth y publicado en Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 6: 232–234, pl. 559. 1823 (1824).[2] La especie tipo es: Cercocarpus fothergilloides Kunth. Especies seleccionadas Cercocarpus alniflolius Rydb. Cercocarpus alnifolius Cercocarpus argenteus Cercocarpus arizonicus M.E.Jones Cercocarpus betulifolius Nutt. ex Hook. Cercocarpus betuloides Cercocarpus breviflorus A.Gray Cercocarpus douglasii Cercocarpus eximius Cercocarpus flabellifolius Cercocarpus fothergilloides Referencias ↑ «Cercocarpus». The Plant List. Consultado el 13 de enero de 2015. ↑ «Cercocarpus». Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Consultado el 12 de enero de 2015.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,049
- With media
- 245
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Collections
- UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States
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Cercocarpus, commonly known as mountain mahogany, is a small genus of at least nine species of nitrogen-fixing flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they grow in chaparral and semidesert habitats and climates, often at high altitudes. Several are found in the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.
right|thumb|Cercocarpus intricatus, Spring Mountains, southern Nevada (elevation about 2700 m) The classification of Cercocarpus within the Rosaceae has been unclear. The genus has been placed in the subfamily Rosoideae, but is now placed in subfamily Dryadoideae.
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