Taxon: Lewisia brachycalyx Engelm. ex A. Gray

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• short-sepal lewisia   (Source: F CalifJep ) – English
  
• showy lewisia   (Source: F Utah ed2 ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Zander ed13)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Utah [Washington Co.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte

• also cultivated

References:

• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
• Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Lewisia brachycalyx.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Lewisia brachycalyx.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Lewisia brachycalyx.

Check other web resources for Lewisia brachycalyx Engelm. ex A. Gray:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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