Simmondsia chinensis, Davidson, C 11928--AZ. Yavapai Co. Crown King Rd. 7 May 2012. DSC0894 1 (132).JPG
Simmondsia chinensis, Davidson, C 11928--AZ. Yavapai Co. Crown King Rd. 7 May 2012. DSC0894 1 (133).JPG
Simmondsia chinensis, Davidson, C 11928--AZ. Yavapai Co. Crown King Rd. 7 May 2012. DSC0894 1 (130).JPG
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Simmondsia chinensis, Davidson, C 11928--AZ. Yavapai Co. Crown King Rd. 7 May 2012. DSC0894 1 (135).JPG
Simmondsia chinensis, Davidson, C 11928--AZ. Yavapai Co. Crown King Rd. 7 May 2012. DSC0894 1 (134).JPG
Simmondsia chinensis, Davidson, C 11928--AZ. Yavapai Co. Crown King Rd. 7 May 2012. DSC0894 1 (131).JPG
Simmondsia chinensis, Davidson, C 11928--AZ. Yavapai Co. Crown King Rd. 7 May 2012. DSC0894 1 (128).JPG
Simmondsia chinensis, Davidson, C 11928--AZ. Yavapai Co. Crown King Rd. 7 May 2012. DSC0894 1 (127).JPG
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Native to Arizona, California, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Utah; introduced into Canary Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 1 country.
Location
United States, Arizona, Yavapai (Mayer)
34.251389, -112.297722
Location Remarks
15 miles west of Cleator on Crown King Road, off Highway 17, north of Phoenix. 1392 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Pat Crowley
Notes
Shrub ca. 1 m.
Location
United States, California, Riverside (Moorten Botanical Gardens)
Location Remarks
1701 So. Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
United States, California, Riverside (Palm Desert)
33.664333, -116.399056
Location Remarks
Palms to Pines Highway (Highway 74), ca. 3 miles S of junction with Highway 111.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Simmondsiaceae
Genus
Simmondsia
Specific Epithet
chinensis
Authorship
(Link) C.K.Schneid.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 100.9
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
9.8
Global rank
#629 of 335,497
Top 1,000 globally
Extinction probability
10%
