Arabis fecunda

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Overview

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Arabis

Herbs annual , biennial, or perennial , rarely subshrubs or shrubs . Trichomes stellate , dendritic , or stalked forked , sometimes mixed with fewer simple ones, rarely primarily simple. Stems simple or branched apically. Basal leaves petiolate , rosulate, simple, often entire, sometimes dentate , rarely lyrate-pinnatifid. Cauline leaves sessile and auriculate , sagittate , or amplexicaul , very rarely petiolate, entire or dentate. Racemes ebracteate or rarely bracteate throughout or only basally, sometimes in panicles, elongated in fruit. Fruiting pedicels erect , ascending , divaricate , or reflexed . Sepals ovate or oblong , base of lateral pair saccate or not, margin membranous. Petals white, pink, or purple; blade spatulate , oblong, or oblanceolate , rarely obovate , apex obtuse or emarginate ; claw shorter than sepals. Stamens 6, tetradynamous ; filaments usually not dilated at base; anthers ovate, oblong, or linear , obtuse at apex. Nectar glands confluent , subtending bases of all stamens; median glands sometimes toothlike and free , rarely absent; lateral glands semiannular or annular . Ovules 12-110 per ovary. Fruit dehiscent siliques, linear, latiseptate , sessile or rarely shortly stipitate ; valves papery , with an obscure or prominent midvein , smooth or torulose ; replum rounded ; septum complete , membranous, translucent , veinless; style obsolete or distinct ; stigma capitate, entire or slightly 2-lobed. Seeds uniseriate or biseriate , winged or margined , oblong or orbicular , flattened; seed coat smooth or minutely reticulate , not mucilaginous when wetted; cotyledons accumbent .

About 70 species: temperate Asia, Europe, North America; 14 species (one endemic) in China.

The limits of Arabis are highly artificial, and the genus is defined primarily on the basis of having branched trichomes, flattened, linear fruit, and accumbent cotyledons . However, this combination of characters has evolved independently several times in the Brassicaceae. A critical study of the genus on worldwide basis is much needed.[1]

Physical Description

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Boechera Fecunda

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000

Place of publication : Contr. Gray Herb. 214:1. 1984

Name verified on 22-Jan-2004 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-Jan-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Arabis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 227 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

A. aculeolata (Waldo Rock-Cress) · A. alpina (Alpine Rock Cress) · A. androsacea (Rock Cress) · A. arendsii 'Compinkie' (Rock Cress) · A. arenicola (Arctic Rock-Cress) · A. aubrietioides (Rockcress) · A. beckwithii (Beckwith's Rockcress) · A. blepharophylla (Coast Rock Cress) · A. blepharophylla 'Red Sensation' (Pink Rock Cress) · A. blepharophylla 'Spring Charm' (Pink Rock Cress) · A. bodiensis (Bodie Hill Rock Cress) · A. boivinii (Boivin's Rockcress) · A. breweri (Brewer's Rock-Cress) · A. breweri var. austiniae (Brewer's Rockcress) · A. breweri var. austiniae (Greene) Rollins (Brewer's Rockcress) · A. breweri var. breweri (Brewer's Rockcress) · A. breweri var. breweri S.Watson (Brewer's Rockcress) · A. breweri var. pecuniaria (Brewer's Rockcress) · A. breweri var. pecuniaria Rollins (Brewer's Rockcress) · A. bryoides (Rockcress) · A. calderi (Calder's Rockcress) · A. canadensis (Sicklepod) · A. carduchorum (Rockcress) · A. caucasica (Gray Rockcress) · A. caucasica 'Compinkie' (Compinkie Arabis) · A. caucasica 'Rosea' (Rock Cress) · A. caucasica 'Snowcap' (Rock Cress) · A. caucasica 'Snow Cap' (Snow Cap Rock Cress) · A. caucasica 'Spring Charm' (Spring Charm Arabis) · A. cobrensis (Gray Rockcress) · A. codyi (Cody's Rockcress) · A. collina rosea (Rockcress) · A. constancei (Constance's Rock Cress) · A. crandallii (Crandall's Rock-Cress) · A. crucisetosa (Cross-Haired Rock Cress) · A. cusickii (Cusick's Rockcress) · A. davidsonii (Davidson's Rockcress) · A. davidsonii var. davidsonii (Davidson's Rockcress) · A. davidsonii var. parva (Davidson's Rockcress) · A. demissa (Nodding Rockcress) · A. demissa var. demissa (Nodding Rockcress) · A. demissa var. demissa Greene (Nodding Rockcress) · A. demissa var. languida (Nodding Rockcress) · A. demissa var. languida Rollins (Nodding Rockcress) · A. dispar (Pinyon Rockcress) · A. divaricarpa (Spreading Rockcress) · A. drummondii (Canadian Rockcress) · A. eschscholtziana (Eschscholtz's Hairy Rockcress) · A. falcatoria (Grouse Creek Rockcress) · A. falcifructa (Elko Rockcress) · A. fecunda (Sapphire Rockcress) · A. fendleri (Fendler Rock-Cress) · A. fendleri var. fendleri (Fendler's Rockcress) · A. fendleri var. spatifolia (Spoonleaf Rockcress) · A. fendleri var. spatifolia (Rydb.) Rollins (Fendler Rockcress) · A. ferdinandi-coburgii (Rockcress) · A. ferdinandi-coburgii 'Old Gold' (Arabis) · A. ferdinandi-coburgii 'Variegata' (Rockcress) · A. ferdinandi-coburgi 'Old Gold' (Alpine Wall Cress) · A. fernaldiana (Fernald Rock-Cress) · A. fernaldiana Rollins var. fernaldiana Rollins (Rockcress) · A. fernaldiana Rollins var. stylosa (S.Watson) Rollins (Rockcress) · A. fernaldiana var. fernaldiana (Park Rockcress) · A. fernaldiana var. stylosa (Park Rockcress) · A. fructicosa (Fruit Rock Cress) · A. furcata (Cascade Rockcress) · A. furcata S.Watson var. furcata S.Watson (Columbia Gorge Rockcress) · A. furcata S.Watson var. olympica (Piper) Rollins (Columbia Gorge Rockcress) · A. furcata var. furcata (Columbia Gorge Rockcress) · A. furcata var. olympica (Columbia Gorge Rockcress) · A. georgiana (Georgia Rock-Cress) · A. glabra (Tower Rockcress) · A. glabra var. glabra (Tower Rockcress) · A. glaucovalvula (Blue-Pod Rockcress) · A. gracilipes (Flagstaff Rockcress) · A. gunnisoniana (Gunnison's Rockcress) · A. hastatula (Eared Rockcress) · A. hirshbergiae (Cuyamaca Rockcress) · A. hirsuta (Hairy Rockcress) · A. hirsuta pycnocarpa (Hairy Rockcress) · A. hirsuta sagittata (Hairy Rockcress) · A. hirsuta var. glabrata (Hairy Rockcress) · A. hirsuta var. hirsuta (Hairy Rockcress) · A. hirsuta var. pycnocarpa (Creamflower Rockcress) · A. hoffmannii (Hoffmann's Rock Cress) · A. holboellii (Holboell Rock-Cress) · A. holboellii Hornem. var. pendulocarpa (A.Nelson) Rollins (Dropseed Rockcress) · A. holboellii Hornem. var. pinetorum (Tidestr.) Rollins (Holboell's Rockcress) · A. holboellii var. collinsii (Holboell's Rockcress) · A. holboellii var. holboellii (Holboell's Rockcress) · A. holboellii var. pendulocarpa (Dropseed Rockcress) · A. holboellii var. pinetorum (Holboell's Rockcress) · A. holboellii var. retrofracta (Holboell Rock-Cress) · A. inyoensis (Inyo Rockcress) · A. johnstonii (Johnston's Rock Cress) · A. kamchatica (Kamchatica Rockcress) · A. kennedyae (Troodos Rockcress) · A. koehleri (Koehler Rock-Cress) · A. koehleri T.J.Howell var. koehleri T.J.Howell (Koehler's Rockcress) · A. koehleri T.J.Howell var. stipitata Rollins (Koehler's Rockcress)

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Further Reading

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 214.
• Classification of the plant communities of Beaverhead, Silver Bow, and Madison Counties, Montana / for Bureau of Land Management, State Office, Billings, Montana. Helena, Mt.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1992] url p. 146, p. 154, p. 165, p. 167, p. 29, p. 30, p. 31, p. 38, p. 76, p. 81.
• Conserving globally rare plants on lands administered by the Dillon Office of the Bureau of Land Management / Helena, MT: Natural Heritage Program, c2003. url , , , , .
• Demographic monitoring of Arabis fecunda populations in the Sapphire and Beaverhead Ranges, Montana: 1992 progress report / prepared by Peter Lesica and J. Stephen Shelly; prepared for USDA Forest Service, Beaverhead National Forest. Dillon, MT: USDA Forest Service, [1993]. url , p. 1, p. 10, p. 12, p. 13, p. 15, p. 16, p. 17, p. 18, p. 2, p. 3, p. 4, p. 5, p. 7, p. 8.
• Demographic monitoring of Penstemon lemhiensis, Beaverhead National Forest: 1990 progress report / by Peter L. Achuff and J. Stephen Shelly. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1991] url p. 11.
• Demography and life history of Arabis fecunda in Ravalli and Beaverhead Counties, Montana / prepared by Peter Lesica and J. Stephen Shelly; prepared for USDA Forest Service, Beaverhead National Forest. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c1994. url , , , p. 1, p. 15, p. 17, p. 23, p. 25, p. 27, p. 29, p. 3, p. 31, p. 33, p. 35, p. 39, p. 41, p. 43, p. 45, p. 47, p. 49, p. 53, p. 57, p. 7.
• Effects of grazing on Arabis fecunda: 1996 progress report / [prepared by] Peter Lesica in cooperation with Montana Natural Heritage Program; for Bureau of Land Management. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1996] url , , , p. 1, p. 2, p. 3.
• Electrophoretic variation in Arabis fecunda, a rare endemic of Western Montana / Dr. Thomas Mitchell-Olds; to Montana Natural Heritage Program. Helena, Mt.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1991] url , p. 1, p. 2, p. 3, p. 4, p. 7, p. 8.
• Establishment report for exclosure studies of Arabis fecunda / Bureau of Land Management, Butte District; Lisa Schassberger Roe. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1992] url , p. 1, p. 6.
• Montana weed management plan / Helena, Mont.: Montana Dept. of Transportation, 2008. url .
• Pacific Northwest Rivers Study: final report, Montana / prepared by Janet Decker-Hess. .. [et al.]; edited by Sally Hilander and Janet Decker-Hess. Helena, MT: [Montana Dept. of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, 1988] url p. 65.
• Plant species of concern / Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, c2006. url .
• Report on the conservation status of Arabis fecunda, a candidate threatened species / [Peter Lesica]. Helena, MT.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1993]. url , , p. 1, p. 15, p. 16, p. 18, p. 19, p. 20, p. 21, p. 22, p. 23, p. 25, p. 26, p. 27, p. 28, p. 29, p. 30, p. 31, p. 32, p. 34, p. 35, p. 36, p. 37, p. 38, p. 39, p. 4, p. 40, p. 41, p. 42, p. 43, p. 44, p. 45, p. 46, p. 47, p. 48, p. 49, p. 5, p. 50, p. 51, p. 6, p. 9.
• Sensitive plant species surveys, Butte District, Beaverhead and Madison Counties, Montana / by Bonnie L. Heidel and Jim Vanderhorst, for Bureau of Land Management. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1996] url .
• Sensitive, threatened, and endangered vascular plants of Montana / Peter Lesica, J. Stephen Shelly. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, Montana State Library, 1991. url , p. 11, p. 4, p. 6, p. 86.
• Statewide roadside vegetation management plan: integrated weed management component 2006-2011 / Helena, Mont.: Montana Dept. of Transportation, 2006. url .
• Status review of Arabis fecunda, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Region 1, Beaverhead National Forest; prepared by Lisa Ann Schassberger. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1990] url , , p. 1, p. 1, p. 12, p. 13, p. 14, p. 15, p. 18, p. 19, p. 2, p. 20, p. 21, p. 22, p. 23, p. 24, p. 25, p. 26, p. 27, p. 28, p. 29, p. 3, p. 30, p. 40, p. 41, p. 42, p. 43, p. 5, p. 5, p. 6, p. 6, p. 7, p. 9.
• Survey for sensitive plant species on Dutchman Mountain, Beaverhead County, / prepared by Jim Vanderhorst; prepared for USDI Bureau of Land Management, Butte District. Helena, Mt.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1994?] url p. 2.
• The ecology of Arabis fecunda: long-term monitoring, knapweed removal, and soil crust ecology studies: 1988 progress report / Peter Lesica and J. Stephen Shelly. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1988] url , p. 1, p. 13, p. 3, p. 4, p. 5, p. 7, p. 9.
• The effect of the introduced weed, Centaurea maculosa on Arabis fecunda, a threatened Montana endemic / prepared for the Montana Natural Heritage Program; prepared by Peter Lesica and J. Stephen Shelly. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1991] url , , , , , , , p. 10, p. 11, p. 12, p. 13, p. 14, p. 17, p. 18, p. 2, p. 3, p. 4, p. 5, p. 6.
• The effects of cryptogamic soil crust on the population dynamics of Arabis Fecunda (Brassicaceae) / prepared for the Montana Natural Heritage Program; prepared by Peter Lesica and J. Stephen Shelly. Helena, Mt.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1991] url , , p. 15, p. 17, p. 19, p. 25, p. 27, p. 31, p. 5.
• The occurrence of Arabis fecunda on BLM lands in the Humbug Spires Area, Silver Bow County. Helena?: Montana Natural Heritage Program, 1992? url , p. 10, p. 2, p. 4, p. 6, p. 8.
• Update to the report on the conservation status of Arabis fecunda, a candidate threatened species. Helena, MT: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1990]. url , , , p. 1, p. 1, p. 1, p. 11, p. 12, p. 15, p. 2, p. 2, p. 4, p. 4, p. 5, p. 6, p. 8, p. 9.
• Vascular plant and sensitive plant species inventory for the highland mountains, Deerlodge National Forest; prepared for Deerlodge National Forest / prepared by Peter Lesica. Helena, Mont.: Montana Natural Heritage Program, [1992] url , , , , , , , p. 13, p. 18, p. 19, p. 22, p. 35, p. 5, p. 53, p. 55, p. 57, p. 59, p. 61, p. 63, p. 9.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2664052
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-184468
• GRIN Nomen Number: 317492
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 184468
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 17007-2
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDBRA06290
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ARFE6
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 21205

Footnotes

1. "Arabis". in Flora of China Vol. 8 Page 113. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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