View source for Cercocarpus ledifolius

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|accepted_name=Cercocarpus ledifolius
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|place=1: 427. 1840
|year=1840
}}
|common_names=Curl-leaf mountain mahogany
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Rosaceae;Rosaceae subfam. Dryadoideae;Rosaceae tribe Dryadeae;Cercocarpus;Cercocarpus ledifolius
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Rosaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Rosaceae subfam. Dryadoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Rosaceae tribe Dryadeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cercocarpus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cercocarpus ledifolius]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 9
|mention_page=page 332, 333, 338
|treatment_page=page 337
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, (5–)10–85 dm, moderately to strongly branched distally. <b>Stems</b>: long-shoot internodes 4–22 mm, sericeous-villous to hirsute-pilose, rarely glabrous, glabrescent; short shoots (1–)2–55 × 1–3.4 mm. <b>Leaves</b> persistent or ± drought-deciduous; stipules 1–3.8 mm; petiole 0.4–6 mm; blade linear, linear-lanceolate, lanceolate, lance-elliptic, or elliptic-ovate, (3–)5–48 × 1–11 mm, stiffly coriaceous, base cuneate, margins weakly to strongly revolute, entire, thickened, apex acute, apiculate-mucronate to obtuse-rounded, abaxial surface initially sericeous or villous (sometimes strongly so), sometimes glabrescent, areoles closely canescent, adaxial sericeous, hirsute, or villous, glabrescent. <b>Flowers</b> 1–10 per short shoot; hypanthial tubes densely to loosely sericeous, villous, or with indument of coiled ascending hairs; hypanthial cups 1.5–3 × 1.8–3.5 mm; sepals (3–)5, broadly deltate, 1–2.5 mm, acute-obtuse; stamens 10–25, anthers 0.7–1.2 mm, glabrous. <b>Achenes</b> 6–10.5 × 0.8–1.5 mm; fruiting pedicels 0.3–1.5(–2) mm; hypanthial tubes (2.6–)3–11 mm; pedicel/tube ratio (5–)8–18(–28)%; fruit awns 3–8.5 cm, proximal setae 1.6–3.5 mm.</span><!--

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|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;nw Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Varieties 3 (3 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades (3–)5–13(–18) × 1–1.5(–2) mm, linear to linear-lanceolate (usually subterete), margins strongly revolute (central groove 0.1–0.9 mm wide on abaxial surface); shrubs.
|[[Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus|Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intricatus]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Leaf blades (7–)13–30(–48) × (1.5–)2–9(–11) mm, elliptic-ovate, lanceolate to linear, or lance-elliptic, margins ± revolute; shrubs or trees
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blades narrowly lanceolate to linear, sometimes lance-elliptic, (1.5–)2–5(–7) mm wide, margins strongly revolute; abaxial leaf surfaces usually densely villous, sometimes sericeous.
|[[Cercocarpus ledifolius var. ledifolius|Cercocarpus ledifolius var. ledifolius]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Leaf blades lanceolate to lance-elliptic or elliptic-ovate, (2.8–)5–9(–11) mm wide, margins revolute; abaxial leaf surfaces sericeous or closely villous (hairs not obscuring surface), glabrescent.
|[[Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontanus|Cercocarpus ledifolius var. intermontanus]]
|}
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name=Cercocarpus ledifolius
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Rosaceae
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;N.Mex.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.;nw Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|publication year=1840
|special status=
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|subfamily=Rosaceae subfam. Dryadoideae
|tribe=Rosaceae tribe Dryadeae
|genus=Cercocarpus
|species=Cercocarpus ledifolius
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