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Cirsium pitcheri  (Torr. ex Eaton) Torr. & A. Gray
Taxonomic Serial No.: 36400

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): sand dune thistle [English]
  
    Pitcher's thistle [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderAsteranae   
                         OrderAsterales   
                            FamilyAsteraceae  – sunflowers, tournesols  
                               GenusCirsium Mill. – thistle  
                                  SpeciesCirsium pitcheri (Torr. ex Eaton) Torr. & A. Gray – sand dune thistle, Pitcher's thistle  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: David J. Keil   
  Notes: Director, Curator, Robert F. Hoover Herbarium, Biological Sciences Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA   
  Reference for: Cirsium pitcheri    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Asteraceae of North America Update, database (version 2010.5.13)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Update coordinated by the International Compositae Alliance (TICA) (http://www.compositae.org/) through the Smithsonian Institution in collaboration with the USDA National Plant Data Center   
  Reference for: Cirsium pitcheri   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cirsium pitcheri   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cirsium pitcheri   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Cirsium pitcheri   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for Cirsium pitcheri   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Federal Register, vol. 53, no. 137   
  Page(s): 27137-27141   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Cirsium pitcheri, Pitcher's thistle [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Canada, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: US ESA: Listed Threatened, as published in Federal Register Volume 53, Number 137, Pages 27137 - 27141, July 18, 1988  
 

 

    


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