Native to Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah (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

C. Davidson 14021

April 11, 2019

Location

United States, Arizona, Cochise (Elfrida)

31.741917, -109.463222

Location Remarks

Coronado National Forest. North Rucker Canyon Road c. 6 km west of junction FSR 74-FSR74E. Oak-juniper woodland. 1539 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Narrow riparian zone along the road; road bank on the N side of the road. Shrub 1-1.5 m. DNA collected.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Rosales

Family

Rosaceae

Genus

Fallugia

Specific Epithet

paradoxa

Authorship

(D.Don ex Tilloch & Taylor) Endl. ex Torr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Very high

ED 70.4

Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.

EDGE Research

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

7.3

Global rank

#1,458 of 335,497

Top 0.5%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →