Malacothamnus
| Malacothamnus | |
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| Malacothamnus fasciculatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Subfamily: | Malvoideae |
| Genus: | Malacothamnus Greene |
| Species | |
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11 - see text | |
Malacothamnus (bush mallow) is a genus of malvaceous plants native to California, and related to the Iliamnas of the US interior and the Phymosias of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.
Species:
- Malacothamnus abbottii - Abbott's bushmallow
- Malacothamnus aboriginum - gray bushmallow, Indian Valley bushmallow
- Malacothamnus clementinus - San Clemente Island bushmallow
- Malacothamnus davidsonii - Davidson's bushmallow
- Malacothamnus densiflorus - yellowstem bushmallow
- Malacothamnus fasciculatus - Mendocino bushmallow, chaparral mallow
- Malacothamnus foliosus - monarch bushmallow
- Malacothamnus fremontii - Fremont's bushmallow
- Malacothamnus jonesii - slender bushmallow, Jones' bushmallow
- Malacothamnus marrubioides - pink-flowered bushmallow
- Malacothamnus palmeri - Palmer's bushmallow, Santa Lucia bushmallow