Malacocera gracilis

Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.

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Near threatened

Rare

Vulnerable

Endangered

Critically endangered

Extinct

Data deficient

Adelaide

Arkaroola

Ceduna

Coober Pedy

Hawker

Innamincka

Marla

Marree

Mount Gambier

Oodnadatta

Renmark

Wudinna

Keith

Yunta

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Herbarium regions: Gairdner-Torrens, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula
NRM regions: Eyre Peninsula, South Australian Arid Lands
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Location	No. of seeds (weight grams)	Number of plants	Date collected	Collection number Collection location	Date stored	% Viability	Storage temperature
MSB	1,030 (2.76 g)	30-40	30-Sep-2008	TST536 Eyre Peninsula		80%
BGA MSB	2,900 (7.6 g) 2,900 (7.6 g)	100+	2-Sep-2016	JRG418 Eyre Peninsula	1-Nov-2017	75%	-18°C

Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.

Date	Result	T0	T50	Pre-treatment \| Germination medium \| Incubator: Photoperiod / Thermoperiod
May-17	59%	14	70	250 mg/L gibberellic acid for 24 h; 1% agar; Incubated under winter conditions
May-17	45%	7		1% agar; Incubated under winter conditions

Result: Maximum percentage of germination observed.
T0: Number of days before first germinant observed.
T50: Number of days to achieve 50% germination.
Pre-treatment: The initial treatment that the seeds received prior to placement on germination media.
Germination medium: The substrate that seeds were placed on for the duration of the germination experiment.
Incubator conditions:
Photoperiod: The duration of light exposure that the seeds were subject to during a 24 hour period.
Thermoperiod: The constant or diurnal temperatures that seeds were subject to during a 24 hour period.
Winter conditions: 15°C 20 h (3am→11pm); 5°C 4 h (11pm→3am) / 10 h light (8am→6pm); 14 h dark (6pm→8am)
Spring/Autumn conditions: 22°C 12 h (8am→8pm); 10°C 12 h (8pm→8am) / 12 h light (8am→8pm); 12 h dark (8pm→8am)
Summer conditions: 30°C 14 h (6am→8pm); 15°C 10 h (8pm→6am) / 14 h light (6am→8pm); 10 h dark (8pm→6am)

Southern Flinders (FLB04)	Flinders Lofty Block	Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [DD - not sure if declining]
Myall Plains (GAW01)	Gawler	Vulnerable (IUCN: VU D2) [localised at L Gilles]
Gawler Lakes (GAW03)		Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii))
Roxby (GAW07)		Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [endemic to SA; likes low-lying calcareous soils]
Barrier Range Outwash (BHC04)	Broken Hill Complex	Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [DD - not sure if declining]
Curnamona (BHC06)		Vulnerable (IUCN: VU B2ab(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [DD - not sure if declining]
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05)	Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields	Near Threatened [endemic to SA; likes low-lying calcareous soils]
Murnpeowie (STP03)	Stony Plains	Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [endemic to SA; likes low-lying calcareous soils]