Symphoricarpos guadalupensis

Symphoricarpos guadalupensis, McKittrock's snowberry,[1] is a rare North American species of plants in the honeysuckle family. It has been found only in South McKittrick Canyon in the Guadalupe Mountains of western Texas.[2] This is inside Guadalupe Mountains National Park.[3]

Symphoricarpos guadalupensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Dipsacales
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Genus: Symphoricarpos
Species:
S. guadalupensis
Binomial name
Symphoricarpos guadalupensis
Correll 1968

Symphoricarpos guadalupensis is a hairless shrub. This distinguishes it sharply from Symphoricarpos palmeri, which can be found growing in the same canyon as S. guadalupensis but is rather hairy.[2]

References

  1. "Symphoricarpos guadalupensis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
  2. Correll, Donovan Stewart 1968. Wrightia 4(1): 28 parallel descriptions in English and Latin, commentary in English
  3. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, park map


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