Orcutt's Brodiaea (Brodiaea orcuttii)

Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Legal Status: N/A
Family: Liliaceae
State: CA
Nature Serve ID: 129441
Lifeform: Forb/herb
Date Inducted in National Collection:

Description:

Where is Orcutt's Brodiaea (Brodiaea orcuttii) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Orcutt's Brodiaea can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Orcutt's Brodiaea (Brodiaea orcuttii)?

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 12/12/17

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

09/01/2020

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, San Diego Zoo Global holds 8 accessions of Brodiaea orcuttii in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 28756 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, San Diego Zoo Global has collected 8 seed accessions of Brodiaea orcuttii from 6 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 825 maternal plants