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Taxon

Acmispon americanus (Nutt.) Rydb.

Protologue Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 45. 1913BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 198.jpg

Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 198.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 201.jpg

Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 201.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 203.jpg

Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 203.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 202.jpg

Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 202.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 199.jpg

Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 199.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 200.jpg

Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 200.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 204.jpg

Lotus purshianus--ID. Valley Co. Sylvan Beach, Reservoir trail. 16 Aug 05. 204.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana, Manitoba, Mexico Northeast, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin; introduced into Illinois (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

August 16, 2005

Location

United States, Idaho, Valley (Cascade)

44.158, -116.118361

Location Remarks

Highway 55 c. 10 km north of the bridge at Banks. Mixed conifer forest along the N. Fork Payette River.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Acmispon

Specific Epithet

americanus

Authorship

(Nutt.) Rydb.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.7

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#156,478 of 335,497

Top 47%

Extinction probability

11%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →