Taxon: Fremontodendron mexicanum Davidson

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

Species on the following lists:

• Center for Plant Conservation
  
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Endangered
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• Mexican flannelbush   (Source: F CalifJep ) – English
  
• mexikanischer Flanellstrauch   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F CalifJep; Dict Gard; Krussmann)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [San Diego Co. (possibly also Kern & Monterey Cos.)]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte [n.w.]

• also cultivated

References:

• Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Kelman, W. M. 1991. A revision of Fremontodendron (Sterculiaceae). Syst. Bot. 16:18.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource).

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Fremontodendron mexicanum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Fremontodendron mexicanum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Fremontodendron mexicanum.

Check other web resources for Fremontodendron mexicanum Davidson:

• 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
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Fremontodendron mexicanum cultivars
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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