Velvet Hibiscus
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
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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Northern Flinders (FLB05) | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern |
Strzelecki Desert (SSD05) | Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [only one with voucher] |
Murnpeowie (STP03) | Stony Plains | Near Threatened |
Witjira (STP06) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) |
Sturt Stony Desert (CHC02) | Channel Country | Near Threatened |
Lake Pure (CHC07) | | Near Threatened |
Mann-Musgrave Block (CER01) | Central Ranges | Least Concern |
Everard Block (CER03) | | Near Threatened |
Tieyon (FIN03) | Finke | Near Threatened |
Prior names
Melhania incana
Common names
Velvet Hibiscus
Distribution and status
Herbarium regions: North Western, Lake Eyre, Flinders Ranges, Eastern
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 | BGA | 6,050 (17.68 g) | 80+ | 17-Apr-2011 | KHB569 Flinders Ranges | 1-Nov-2012 | 96% | -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.