PLANTS Profile for Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Mendocino bushmallow)

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Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene
Mendocino bushmallow

Symbol:

MAFA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Malvaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene

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Synonyms:
Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene

	MAAR	Malacothamnus arcuatus (Greene) Greene
	MAFAC	Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene ssp. catalinensis (Eastw.) Thorne
	MAFAL	Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene ssp. laxiflorus (A. Gray) Thorne
	MAFAC2	Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene var. catalinensis (Eastw.) Kearney
	MAFAL2	Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene var. laxiflorus (A. Gray) Kearney
	MAFAN	Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene var. nesioticus (B.L. Rob.) Kearney
	MAFAN2	Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene var. nuttallii (Abrams) Kearney
	MAHA2	Malacothamnus hallii (Eastw.) Kearney
	MAME2	Malacothamnus mendocinensis (Eastw.) Kearney
	MAPA3	Malacothamnus parishii (Eastw.) Kearney
	MAFA8	Malva fasciculata Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray
	MAAR9	Malvastrum arcuatum (Greene) B.L. Rob.
	MAFA5	Malvastrum fasciculatum (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene
	MAFAL3	Malvastrum fasciculatum (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene var. laxiflorum (A. Gray) Munz & I.M. Johnst.
	MAHA5	Malvastrum hallii Eastw.
	MAME5	Malvastrum mendocinense Eastw.
	MANE6	Malvastrum nesioticum B.L. Rob.
	MANEN2	Malvastrum nesioticum B.L. Rob. var. nuttallii (Abrams) Wiggins

Distribution:
Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene

View 49 genera in Malvaceae, 11 species in Malacothamnus

Classification:
Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Malvales
Family	Malvaceae – Mallow family
Genus	Malacothamnus Greene – bushmallow
Species	Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene – Mendocino bushmallow

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene

The synonym italicized and indented below is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Unites States:
Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus
Santa Cruz Island bush-mallow		Endangered
California:
Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus
Santa Cruz Island bush mallow		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Malacothamnus fasciculatus (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Greene

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21827.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 10/20/2008 06:13 PM MDT