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leucophylla

Taxon

Mentzelia leucophylla Brandegee

Protologue Bot. Gaz. 27: 448. 1899BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted threatened
Mentzelia leucophylla, CDavidson5741--CA. S. Bernardino Co. Clark Mtn., Keany Pass. 28 May 77. 002.jpg

Mentzelia leucophylla, CDavidson5741--CA. S. Bernardino Co. Clark Mtn., Keany Pass. 28 May 77. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mentzelia leucophylla, CDavidson5741--CA. S. Bernardino Co. Clark Mtn., Keany Pass. 28 May 77. 001B.jpg

Mentzelia leucophylla, CDavidson5741--CA. S. Bernardino Co. Clark Mtn., Keany Pass. 28 May 77. 001B.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mentzelia leucophylla, CDavidson5741--CA. S. Bernardino Co. Clark Mtn., Keany Pass. 28 May 77. 002B.jpg

Mentzelia leucophylla, CDavidson5741--CA. S. Bernardino Co. Clark Mtn., Keany Pass. 28 May 77. 002B.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Mentzelia leucophylla, CDavidson5741--CA. S. Bernardino Co. Clark Mtn., Keany Pass. 28 May 77. 001.jpg

Mentzelia leucophylla, CDavidson5741--CA. S. Bernardino Co. Clark Mtn., Keany Pass. 28 May 77. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Endemic to Nevada (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

Davidson C. 5741

May 28, 1977

Location

United States, California, San Bernardino (Baker, Afton)

35.037667, -116.383694

Location Remarks

Afton Canyon. Afton Rd. exit off Interst. 15, ca. 36 mi. NE of Barstow.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Cornales

Family

Loasaceae

Genus

Mentzelia

Specific Epithet

leucophylla

Authorship

Brandegee

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 4.0

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

Threat status

Predicted threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.9

Global rank

#49,857 of 335,497

Top 15%

Extinction probability

25%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →