View source for Celtis pallida

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|accepted_name=Celtis pallida
|accepted_authority=Torrey in W. H. Emory
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|place=2: 203. 1859
|year=1859
}}
|common_names=Desert hackberry
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Celtis spinosa var. pallida
|authority=(Torrey) M. C. Johnston
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Momisia pallida
|authority=(Torrey) Planchon
}}
|hierarchy=Ulmaceae;Celtis;Celtis pallida
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ulmaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Celtis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Celtis pallida]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> to 3 m; crowns rounded. <b>Bark</b> gray, smooth. <b>Branches</b> spreading, flexuous, whitish gray, with thorns, puberulent; thorns single or in pairs, 3-25 mm. <b>Leaf</b> blade ovate to ovate-oblong, to 2-3 × 1.5-2 cm, thickish, margins entire or crenate-dentate, apex rounded to acute; surfaces scabrous. <b>Inflorescences</b> cymes, 3-5-flowered, longer than petiole, flowers mostly staminate on proximal branches, terminal flower bisexual. <b>Drupes</b> orange, yellow, or red, ovoid, 6-7 mm; pedicel 1-2 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–May).
|habitat=In deserts, canyons, mesas, washes, foothills, thickets, brushland, and grassland near gravelly or well-drained sandy soil
|elevation=1000-1300 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Fla.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico;Central America;South America (to n Argentina).
|discussion=<p><i>Celtis pallida</i> is closely related to C. iguanaea (Jacquin) Sargent from Mexico. Reports of C. iganaea from Florida and Texas are unconfirmed. <i>Celtis</i> iguanaea can be identified by its longer leaves (to 4 cm wide), small fruits (4-5 mm), and single thorns. Its fruits have acid, juicy pulp.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Celtis pallida
|author=
|authority=Torrey in W. H. Emory
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Celtis spinosa var. pallida;Momisia pallida
|basionyms=
|family=Ulmaceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–spring (Mar–May).
|habitat=In deserts, canyons, mesas, washes, foothills, thickets, brushland, and grassland near gravelly or well-drained sandy soil
|elevation=1000-1300 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Fla.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico;Central America;South America (to n Argentina).
|reference=None
|publication title=in W. H. Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound.
|publication year=1859
|special status=Selected by author to be illustrated
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_673.xml
|genus=Celtis
|species=Celtis pallida
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