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Indian Valley Bushmallow (Malacothamnus aboriginum)

Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Malvaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 152983
Lifeform: Subshrub, Shrub
Date Inducted in National Collection: 12/15/2020

Description:

Where is Indian Valley Bushmallow (Malacothamnus aboriginum) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Indian Valley Bushmallow can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Indian Valley Bushmallow (Malacothamnus aboriginum)?

Regional Parks Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Assigned

California Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned

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Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden holds 1 accessions of Malacothamnus aboriginum in orthodox seed collection. We are uncertain as to how many total seeds are in this collection.

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Malacothamnus aboriginum in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 41565 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has collected 1 seed accessions of Malacothamnus aboriginum from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

08/05/2020

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Malacothamnus aboriginum from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 30 maternal plants