Cercocarpus montanus

Cercocarpus montanus
feather-like achenes are the fruit

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Cercocarpus
Species:
C. montanus
Binomial name
Cercocarpus montanus
Varieties[2][3]
Synonyms[4]
  • Cercocarpus argenteus Rydb.
  • Cercocarpus flabellifolius Rydb.
  • Cercocarpus minutiflorus Abrams
  • Cercocarpus parvifolius var. paucidentatus S. Watson
  • Cercocarpus paucidentatus (S. Watson) Britton

Cercocarpus montanus is a North American species of shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae native to northern Mexico and the western United States. It is known by the common names alder-leaf mountain-mahogany, alder-leaf cercocarpus, and true mountain-mahogany.[2][5] The variety argenteus is commonly known as silverleaf mountain-mahogany.[2]

  1. ^  C. montanus was originally described and published in Atlantic Journal, and Friend of Knowledge, 146. 1832. Philadelphia, Penn. "Plant Name Details for Cercocarpus montanus". IPNI.
  2. ^ a b c "Cercocarpus montanus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  3. ^  C. m. var. argenteus was published in Brittonia; a Series of Botanical Papers, 7: 104. 1950. New York. "Plant Name Details for Cercocarpus montanus var. argenteus". IPNI.
  4. ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved 2014-01-10.
  5. ^ "Cercocarpus montanus". FED. Retrieved 2014-01-10.