Malacothamnus davidsonii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Malvales
- Family
- Malvaceae
- Genus
- Malacothamnus
- Species
- Malacothamnus davidsonii
- Scientific Name
- Malacothamnus davidsonii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Malacothamnus davidsonii
Malacothamnus davidsonii is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names Tujunga bushmallow and Davidson's bushmallow. It is endemic to Los Angeles County, California, where it primary occurs in and near Big Tujunga Canyon, Little Tujunga Canyon, and Tujunga Wash. The common name Tujunga bushmallow alludes to its geographic distribution. Plants of what has historically been considered Malacothamnus davidsonii from Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties in California were described as the new species Malacothamnus discombobulatus in 2023 based on phylogenetic, morphological, and geographic evidence.
...Malacothamnus davidsonii in languages:
- English
- Davidson's bush-mallow
- English
- sand bush-mallow
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Malacothamnus abbottii
- Malacothamnus aboriginum
- Malacothamnus arcuatus
- Malacothamnus clementinus
- Malacothamnus davidsonii
- Malacothamnus densiflorus
- Malacothamnus enigmaticus
- Malacothamnus fasciculatus
- Malacothamnus foliosus
- Malacothamnus fremontii
- Malacothamnus gracilis
- Malacothamnus hallii
- Malacothamnus helleri
- Malacothamnus involucratus
- Malacothamnus jonesii
- Malacothamnus lucianus
- Malacothamnus marrubioides
- Malacothamnus mendocinensis
- Malacothamnus niveus
- Malacothamnus orbiculatus
- Malacothamnus palmeri
- Malacothamnus parishii




























































































































































