Hecastocleis shockleyi A.Gray belongs to the Asteraceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Hecastocleis
Specific Epithet
shockleyi
Authorship
A.Gray
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 20.6
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
2.1
Global rank
#13,688 of 335,497
Top 5%
Extinction probability
11%
Location
United States, Nevada, Nye
36.828028, -117.022083
Location Remarks
Beatty Rd. (Hwy 374) to Titus Canyon, ca. 9 miles W of Hwy 374 on Titus Canyon Rd. Elev. 1418 m.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Charlotte M. Taylor
Notes
Creosote bush scrub.