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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    N



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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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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

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United 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

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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).
 
 
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