Fraxinus anomala information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Fraxinus anomala Torr. ex S. Watson

Genus: Fraxinus section: Dipetalae
Family: Oleaceae tribe: Oleeae.
Nomen number: 278
Place of publication: S. Watson et al., Botany [fortieth parallel] 283. 1871 (in C. King, U.S. geol. explor. 40th Parallel vol. 5)
Name verified on: 23-Mar-2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 23-Mar-2010
Species priority site is: North Central Regional PI Station (NC7).
Accessions: 11 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

dwarf ash (Source: Intermt F ) – English
single-leaf ash (Source: Intermt F ) – English
Utah ash (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
einblättrige Esche (Source: Zander ed16 ) – German

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [w.]
South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [n.w.]
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [n. & e.], California [s.e.], Nevada [s.], Utah [s. & e.]

References:

Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541.
Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
Miller, G. N. 1955. The genus Fraxinus, the ashes, in North America, north of Mexico. Mem. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Sta. 335:49–50.
Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
Wallander, E. 2008. Systematics of Fraxinus (Oleaceae) and evolution of dioecy. Pl. Syst. Evol. 273:28.
Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.

More:

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Fraxinus anomala.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Fraxinus anomala.

Check other web resources for Fraxinus anomala Torr. ex S. Watson:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

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Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?278 (18 June 2013)

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