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Taxon:  Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray



Summary
Genus:
Cercocarpus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Dryadoideae
Tribe:
Cercocarpeae
Nomen number:
9950
Place of publication:
Fl. N. Amer. 1:427. 1840
Verified:
05/20/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray nothovar. intercedens C. K. Schneid. (0 active accession[s])
Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray var. intermontanus N. H. Holmgren (0 active accession[s])
Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray var. intricatus (S. Watson) M. E. Jones (0 active accession[s])
Cercocarpus ledifolius Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray var. ledifolius (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. CalFlora Database Project. CalFlora: a botanical resource for California on the internet (on-line resource).
  2. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972-
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  4. Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993
  5. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  6. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984
  7. Martin, F. L. 1950. A revision of Cercocarpus. Brittonia 7:107.
  8. Moerman, D. Native American ethnobotany, ed. 5. 1998
  9. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
  10. Welsh, S. L. et al. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9. 1987
Common names
English
curl-leaf mountain-mahogany –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah 
2Cultivated     
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=9950. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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