Cercocarpus montanus

Cercocarpus montanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Rosaceae
Genus:	Cercocarpus
Species:	C. montanus
Binomial name
Cercocarpus montanus Raf. [1]
Varieties
C. m. var. montanus (autonym) C. m. var. argenteus (Rydb.) F.L.Martin List sources : [2][3]
Synonyms
C. parvifolius Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.    [ = C. m. var. montanus ] C. argenteus Rydb.    [ = C. m. var. argenteus ] List source : [2][4][5]

Cercocarpus montanus is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rosaceae. It is known by various common names, such as mountain mahogany, true mountain-mahogany, alder-leaf mountain-mahogany, and alder-leaf cercocarpus.^[2] (the variety argenteus is commonly known as silverleaf mountain-mahogany)^[2]

Distribution

Cercocarpus montanus is common in the chaparral, on mesas and on the lower foothills of the south eastern Rocky mountains of North America.^[6] It is found in Nebraska, western Oklahoma, southwestern South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New Mexico, and Texas.^[2]

C. montanus usually remains under 1 meter in height because of incessant browsing by elk and deer. This variety of mountain-mahogany is generally located on the south or west facing slopes because it cannot thrive in the shade on the north facing slopes.^{[citation needed]}

References

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. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=722114-1. Retrieved August 24, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} GRIN (May 22, 2008). "Cercocarpus montanus information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?9951. Retrieved August 25, 2010. 
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. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=52698-2. Retrieved August 24, 2010. 
4. ^  C. parvifolius (noted as distributed in California) was one many plants published in the cumbersomely titled Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage ; comprising an account of the plants collected by Messrs Lay and Collie, and Other Officers of the Expedition, During the Voyage to the Pacific and Bering's Strait, Performed in his Majesty's Ship Blossom, Under the Command of Captain F. W. Beechey, R.N., F.R., & A.S., in the Years 1825, 26, 27, and 28., By Sir William Jackson Hooker, K.H., LL.D., F.R., A., & L.S., Member of the Imperial Academy Nature Curiosorum, Honorary Member of the Royal Irish Academy, Etc., Etc., and Regius Professor of Botany in the Univesity of Glasgow. And G. A. Walker Arnott, Esq., LL.D., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., Member of the Imperial Academy Nature Curiosorum, Etc., Etc. Illustrated by Numerous Plates, 337 (-338). 1839. Published Under the Authority of the Right Honourable the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs. London: Henry G. Bohn, No. 4, York Street, Covent Garden. "Plant Name Details for Cercocarpus parvifolius". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=30087382-2. Retrieved August 25, 2010. 
5. ^  Cercocarpus argenteus (the basionym to C. m. var. argenteus) was published in North American Flora, 22: 422. 1913. New York Botanical Garden. "Plant Name Details for Cercocarpus montanus var. argenteus". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=52670-2. Retrieved August 25, 2010. "Distribution: Texas, New Mexico & Colorado" 
6. ^ Weber, W. A. (1976). Rocky Mountain flora: A field guide for the identification of the Ferns, Conifers, and Flowering Plants of the Southern Rocky Mountains from Pikes Peak to Rocky Mountain National Park and from the Plains to the Continental Divide.. Niwot, Colorado: University Press of Colorado. 

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