Montiaceae
Claytonia

Claytonia cordifolia S.Watson

First published in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 17: 365 (1882)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Canada to W. U.S.A. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

British Columbia, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Miller, J.M. & Chambers, K.L. (2006). Systematics of Claytonia (Portulacaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 78: 1-236.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Miller, J.M. & Chambers, K.L. (2006). Systematics of Claytonia (Portulacaceae). Systematic Botany Monographs 78: 1-236.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 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 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0