Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C.K.Schneid.
First published in Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 141 (1907)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. California to Central Utah and N. Mexico. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Arizona, California, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Utah
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Buxus chinensis Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 386 (1822)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Buxus californica (Nutt.) Baill. in Monogr. Buxac.: 66 (1859)
- Celastrus obtusatus C.Presl in Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 464 (1845)
- Brocchia dichotoma Mauri in Cat. Orto Bot. Napoli: 80 (1845)
- Simmondsia californica Nutt. in London J. Bot. 3: 400 (1844)
- Simmondsia pabulosa Kellogg in Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 21 (1863)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2016). Flora of North America North of Mexico 12: 1-603. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Hickman, J. C. (1993). The Jepson manual : higher plants of California: 1-1400. Berkeley, California : University of California.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
- 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? |
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USA | 27534.000 | No | |||
Coulter, T. [717], California | K000880448 | Yes | |||
Nuttall, T. [s.n.], California | K000880447 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Tenore [s.n.], California | K000880449 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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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
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Kew Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images