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Pachycormus discolor
Pachycormus discolor
Elephant Tree
Photographer: Glenn and Martha Vargas
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 1073 3283 3182 0039 (2002-02-25)

Copyright © 2002 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Jul 1957
  • latitude 32.36155   longitude -117.04785   max error distance 3251 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Baja California, Rosalito (Mexico)
  • notes   bloom
  • CalAcademy slide #   T 65749
  • photo category: Plant - tree/shrub

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Elephant Tree, Torote Blanco, Copalquin (CF, ITIS ) Elephant Tree (photographer)
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  • Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
    1. Reviewed by Debra Valov    Sep 15, 2003

    Action: changed name from "Bursera microphylla" to "Pachycormus discolor "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Pachycormus discolor (Anacardiaceae) has pink flowers and gray bark giving the tree a pink haze. Bursera microphylla has inconspicuous creamy flowers and new growth is reddish brown. For reference, see "Baja California Plant Field Guide" by Norman Roberts (1989), p.100 and p. 112; The Flora of Baja California by Ira Wiggins (1980), p 590.
    "

     
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