PLANTS Profile for Cistanthe pulchella (Mariposa pussypaws)

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PLANTS Profile

Cistanthe pulchella (Eastw.) Hershkovitz
Mariposa pussypaws

Symbol:

CIPU5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Portulacaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Cistanthe pulchella (Eastw.) Hershkovitz

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Synonyms:
Cistanthe pulchella (Eastw.) Hershkovitz

CAPU28

Calyptridium pulchellum (Eastw.) Hoover

Distribution:
Cistanthe pulchella (Eastw.) Hershkovitz


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Cistanthe pulchella (Eastw.) Hershkovitz

View 10 genera in Portulacaceae, 11 species in Cistanthe

Classification:
Cistanthe pulchella (Eastw.) Hershkovitz

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Portulacaceae – Purslane family
Genus	Cistanthe Spach – pussypaws
Species	Cistanthe pulchella (Eastw.) Hershkovitz – Mariposa pussypaws

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cistanthe pulchella (Eastw.) Hershkovitz

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

United States:
Calyptridium pulchellum
Mariposa pussypaws		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Cistanthe pulchella (Eastw.) Hershkovitz

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 501563.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 11:19 PM CDT