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Overview
Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
United States (North America)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1103
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Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1717
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Munz, P. A. 1974. Fl. S. Calif. 1–1086. University of California Press, Berkeley.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1719
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National Distribution
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Year-round
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Global Range: California endemic, Santa Cruz, San Miquel, and Santa Rosa Islands.
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Physical Description
Type Information
Catalog Number: US 399670
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): E. L. Greene
Year Collected: 1886
Locality: Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz Island, Santa Barbara Islands, California, United States, North America
- Type fragment: Rose, J. N. 1903. Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 17.
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Ecology
Habitat
Comments: Closed-cone coniferous forest, chaparral, coastal scrub; rocky.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Dudleya candelabrum
No available public DNA sequences.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Dudleya candelabrum
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
National NatureServe Conservation Status
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N2 - Imperiled
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NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G2 - Imperiled
Reasons: Endemic to California islands, Dudleya candelabrum occurs on Santa Cruz Island, San Miquel Island and Santa Rosa Island. Feral herbivores are a threat to this species.
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Threats
Wikipedia
Dudleya candelabrum
Dudleya candelabrum is a succulent plant known by the common name candleholder liveforever, or candleholder dudleya. This plant is endemic to California, where it grows wild only on the northern Channel Islands.
Description
Dudleya candelabrum is plant grows from a basal rosette of leaves up to half a meter wide atop a thick, hardy caudex. Each leaf is a pale green to pinkish-green spade shape with a sharp point. The unbranched stem is generally erect but often bending under the weight of the inflorescence it holds. The inflorescence branches and holds up to 25 knobby flowers on each branch. The flower has yellowish petals within its pink-tinged green sepals.
Cultivation
Dudleya candelabrum is also cultivated and kept as an attractive potted ornamental plant.
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