Calflora Taxon Report
Boechera divaricarpa  (A. Nelson) Á. Löve & D. Löve
Spreadingpod rockcress
Boechera divaricarpa is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.
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Genus: Boechera
Family: Brassicaceae  
Category: angiosperm  
PLANTS group:Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands

Habitat: slopes

Communities: Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + POWO

Alternate Names:
JEFArabis divaricarpa
PLANTSArabis
Information about Boechera divaricarpa from other sources
Nursery availability from CNPLX
Commercial availability unknown.
Jepson eFlora

USDA PLANTS Profile (ARDI2)

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Arabis divaricarpa: The name Arabis (Boechera) divaricarpa has been applied to nearly every hybrid containing a genome derived from B. stricta. This presents a serious barrier to understanding the evolution of Boechera and also is contrary to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, because some names usually placed in synonymy (i.e., B. grahamii and B. brachycarpa) have priority at species level (M. D. Windham and I. A. Al-Shehbaz 2007b). To address this problem, we treat the following as distinct species: B. acutina, B. grahamii (= B. brachycarpa of R. D. Dorn 2001), and B. pratincola (all considered synonyms of A. divaricarpa by R. C. Rollins 1993), and B. calderi, B. elkoensis, and B. quebecensis (taxa described after 1993). Detailed comparison among these taxa are provided by Windham and Al-Shehbaz (2007, 2007b). The narrow concept of B. divaricarpa advocated here encompasses apomictic triploid populations containing three distinct genomes, one each derived from B. retrofracta, B. sparsiflora, and B. stricta. If the species is defined more broadly, the name B. grahamii has priority.

Suggested Citation
“Calflora - Taxon Report.” The Calflora Database, a non-profit organization. .

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