Malacothamnus fasciculatus information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene

Genus: Malacothamnus
Family: Malvaceae subfamily: Malvoideae tribe: Malveae.
Nomen number: 400851
Place of publication: Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 1:208. 1906
Name verified on: 16-Dec-1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-Jan-2003
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED

Species on the following lists:

Center for Plant Conservation (as Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus)
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Endangered (as Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus)
Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

chaparral-mallow (Source: Calflora) – English
Mendocino bush-mallow (Source: Calflora) – English
Sant Cruz Island bush-mallow (Source: Calflora) – English

Economic importance:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)

NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [w.]
Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte [n.], Sonora

References:

CalFlora Database Project. CalFlora: a botanical resource for California on the internet (on-line resource).
Fryxell, P. A. 1988. Malvaceae of Mexico. Syst. Bot. Monogr. 25:271–273.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Malacothamnus fasciculatus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Malacothamnus fasciculatus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Malacothamnus fasciculatus.

Synonyms:

(=) Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus (B. L. Rob.) Kearney

Check other web resources for Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Torr. & A. Gray) Greene:

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

Fruit and seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image