Apiaceae
Ligusticum

Ligusticum porteri J.M.Coult. & Rose

First published in Rev. N. Amer. Umbell.: 86 (1888)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. U.S.A. to Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango). It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, Colorado, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  • Cronquist, A. in Cronquist, A. Holmgren, N.H. & Holmgren, P.K. (1997). Apiaceae, the Carrot Family. Intermoumntain Flora. Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 3A: 1-446. New York Botanical Garden.
  • Dorn, R.D. (2001). Vascular Plants of Wyoming, 3rd edition: 1-412. Mountain West Publishing, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
  • Larson, J., Reif, B., Nelson, B.E. & Hartman, R.L. (2014). Floristic studies in North Central New Mexico, U.S.A. the Sange de Cristo mountains. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 8: 271-303.
  • USDA, NRCS ( 2021-continuously updated). Natural Resources Conservation Services Plant Database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=checklist.html.
  • Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Townsend, C.H.T. [350], Chihuahua K000534923 Yes
Nelson, A. [7695], Wyoming K000695845 Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0