Marah gilensis (Greene) Greene belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.

C. Davidson 13978

April 8, 2019

Location

United States, Arizona, Pima

32.076361, -110.647778

Location Remarks

East Old Spanish Trail highway c. 10.6 km E of junction with South Old Spanish Trail highway (E of Tucson). Acacia-Larrea woodland with Yucca schidigera, Opuntia, Carnegiea. 1031 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cucurbitales

Family

Cucurbitaceae

Genus

Marah

Specific Epithet

gilensis

Authorship

(Greene) Greene

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.3

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

0.2

Global rank

#197,719 of 335,497

Top 59%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →