PLANTS Profile for Ceanothus cuneatus var. rigidus (Monterey ceanothus)

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PLANTS Profile

Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. var. rigidus (Nutt.) Hoover
Monterey ceanothus

Symbol:

CECUR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rhamnaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Shrub

L48

Ceanothus rigidus

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Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. var. rigidus (Nutt.) Hoover

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Synonyms:
Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. var. rigidus (Nutt.) Hoover

	CERI	Ceanothus rigidus Nutt.
	CERIA	Ceanothus rigidus Nutt. var. albus J.B. Roof

Distribution:
Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. var. rigidus (Nutt.) Hoover


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Related Taxa:
Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. var. rigidus (Nutt.) Hoover

Classification:
Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. var. rigidus (Nutt.) Hoover

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rhamnales
Family	Rhamnaceae – Buckthorn family
Genus	Ceanothus L. – ceanothus
Species	Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. – buckbrush
Variety	Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. var. rigidus (Nutt.) Hoover – Monterey ceanothus

More Accounts and Images:
Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. var. rigidus (Nutt.) Hoover

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View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 531478.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 05:58 PM CDT