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Taxon

Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.

Protologue Trans. Linn. Soc. London 12(1): 158. 1818 [25 Feb 1818] ; date from S. Rafael in Biol. J. Linn. Soc., 2: 61-76 (1970). This differs from that cited in Gen. Index to Trans. Linn. Soc. London, vols. 1-25 (1867).BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Purshia tridentata--ID. Boise Co. 2 mi N of Horseshoe Bend,  Hwy 55. 27 Apr 03. 087.jpg

Purshia tridentata--ID. Boise Co. 2 mi N of Horseshoe Bend, Hwy 55. 27 Apr 03. 087.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Purshia tridentata--ID. Boise Co. 2 mi N of Horseshoe Bend,  Hwy 55. 27 Apr 03. 085.jpg

Purshia tridentata--ID. Boise Co. 2 mi N of Horseshoe Bend, Hwy 55. 27 Apr 03. 085.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Purshia tridentata--ID. Boise Co. 2 mi N of Horseshoe Bend,  Hwy 55. 27 Apr 03. 088.jpg

Purshia tridentata--ID. Boise Co. 2 mi N of Horseshoe Bend, Hwy 55. 27 Apr 03. 088.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Purshia tridentata--ID. Boise Co. 2 mi N of Horseshoe Bend,  Hwy 55. 27 Apr 03. 090.jpg

Purshia tridentata--ID. Boise Co. 2 mi N of Horseshoe Bend, Hwy 55. 27 Apr 03. 090.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Purshia tridentata--ID. Boise Co. 2 mi N of Horseshoe Bend,  Hwy 55. 27 Apr 03. 092.jpg

Purshia tridentata--ID. Boise Co. 2 mi N of Horseshoe Bend, Hwy 55. 27 Apr 03. 092.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Purshia tridentata--ID. Boise Co. 2 mi N of Horseshoe Bend,  Hwy 55. 27 Apr 03. 089.jpg

Purshia tridentata--ID. Boise Co. 2 mi N of Horseshoe Bend, Hwy 55. 27 Apr 03. 089.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming (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

April 27, 2003

Location

United States, Idaho, Boise (Lowman)

44.083139, -115.754194

Location Remarks

Ca. 4.2 km N of Banks-Lowman Rd (Hwy 17) on Scott Mtn Lookout Rd. (FSR 555BC). Elev. 1170 m.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Purshia

Specific Epithet

tridentata

Authorship

(Pursh) DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 6.7

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

0.6

Global rank

#83,109 of 335,497

Top 25%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →