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Plant Profile

Guadalupe Mountains Violet (Viola guadalupensis)

Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Violaceae
State: TX
Nature Serve ID: 141265
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Guadalupe Mountains Violet (Viola guadalupensis) located in the wild?

Habitat:

overhangs near trail rocky outcrops pine-fir-juniper woodland (mesic relict of old tertiary forest)

Distribution:

States & Provinces:

Guadalupe Mountains Violet can be found in Texas

Which CPC Partners conserve Guadalupe Mountains Violet (Viola guadalupensis)?

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/13/17

The Arboretum at Flagstaff

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 09/04/23

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Conservation Actions

Tina Stanley

09/04/2023

The Arboretum at Flagstaff is developing micropropagation protocols for Viola guadalupensis with the Cincinnati Zoo Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife.

Tina Stanley

09/04/2023

The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife holds Viola guadalupensis in tissue culture and is developing micropropagation protocols for the species with the Arboretum at Flagstaff.

01/01/2010

no conservation in park redoing trail system low numbers of individuals

01/01/2010

1 population totaling < 25 individuals