Purshia mexicana | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Purshia |
Species: | P. mexicana
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Binomial name | |
Purshia mexicana | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Cowania mexicana D.Don |
Purshia mexicana is a species of perennial flowering small tree in the rose family known by the common name Mexican cliffrose. It is native to western-northern Mexico, the region of the Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera.
Purshia stansburyana, native to the southwestern United States, has sometimes been included within P. mexicana. [2]
In its mostly mountainous, or higher elevation habitat, it grows in woodlands, desert, and plateau habitat.
Stenophyllanin A, a tannin, can be found in P. mexicana. [3]
The range of Mexican cliffrose is from the western Mexican Plateau in the south, and the southern Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera north to a small region of northwest Sonora; [2] it has a continuous range in the cordillera from Chihuahua south through Durango and Zacatecas, all mostly north of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, though a few scattered locales do occur in the belt. [2]
The plant is browsed by deer, cattle, and sheep, and is particularly important to these species during the winter. [4]
Native Americans made ropes and clothing from the bark, and fashioned arrow shafts from the stems. [4]
Purshia mexicana | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rosaceae |
Genus: | Purshia |
Species: | P. mexicana
|
Binomial name | |
Purshia mexicana | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Cowania mexicana D.Don |
Purshia mexicana is a species of perennial flowering small tree in the rose family known by the common name Mexican cliffrose. It is native to western-northern Mexico, the region of the Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera.
Purshia stansburyana, native to the southwestern United States, has sometimes been included within P. mexicana. [2]
In its mostly mountainous, or higher elevation habitat, it grows in woodlands, desert, and plateau habitat.
Stenophyllanin A, a tannin, can be found in P. mexicana. [3]
The range of Mexican cliffrose is from the western Mexican Plateau in the south, and the southern Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera north to a small region of northwest Sonora; [2] it has a continuous range in the cordillera from Chihuahua south through Durango and Zacatecas, all mostly north of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, though a few scattered locales do occur in the belt. [2]
The plant is browsed by deer, cattle, and sheep, and is particularly important to these species during the winter. [4]
Native Americans made ropes and clothing from the bark, and fashioned arrow shafts from the stems. [4]