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INTRODUCTORY

SPECIES: Ceanothus greggii

ABBREVIATION
SYNONYMS
NRCS PLANT CODE
COMMON NAMES
TAXONOMY
LIFE FORM
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS
OTHER STATUS
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION

SYNONYMS:

Ceanothus greggii ssp. perplexans (Trel.) Beauchamp Mojave buckbrush
Ceanothus greggii ssp. vestitus (Greene) Schmidt Mojave ceanothus [45]

COMMON NAMES:

desert ceanothus
cupleaf ceanothus
Mojave buckbrush

The currently accepted scientific name of desert ceanothus is Ceanothus greggii Gray (Rhamnaceae) [16,36,41,45,46,137]. It is a species of the subgenus Cersastes. Natural hybridization is considered prevalent in Ceanothus spp., especially within subgenera, and may complicate taxonomy [33].

Recognized varieties are as follows:

Ceanothus greggii var. franklinii Welsh    Franklin's ceanothus [16]
Ceanothus greggii ssp. greggii Gray    Gregg's ceanothus [41,45]
Ceanothus greggii var. perplexans (Trel.) Jepson    cupleaf ceanothus [36]
Ceanothus greggii var. vestitus (Greene) McMinn    Mojave ceanothus [16,36]

Common names for varieties are not often encountered in the literature and any reference to varieties in this review will use the scientific name. References in this review to "ceanothus" are general references to the genus Ceanothus.

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INTRODUCTORY

ABBREVIATION:

SYNONYMS:

NRCS PLANT CODE [130]:

COMMON NAMES:

TAXONOMY:

LIFE FORM:

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:

OTHER STATUS:

AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:

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