CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Dudleya stolonifera
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Dudleya stolonifera is Not Sponsored |
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custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
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| This rare plant is considered endangered by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and listed in Appendix I of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). In this designation, Dudleya stolonifera joins the ranks of other endangered species such as tigers, Asian elephants, chimpanzees and humpback whales. CITES was set up by the IUCN to address the international trade in wildlife, which processes billions of dollars annually while causing massive declines in the numbers of many species of animals and plants. CITES is a voluntary agreement among countries, and signatory countries to CITES ban commercial international trade in an agreed list of endangered species (Appendix I) and their products and by regulating and monitoring trade in others that might become endangered (Appendix II). Species that are on Appendix I, such as Dudleya stolonifera, are threatened with extinction and are or may be affected by international commercial trade. This and other Appendix I species cannot be traded internationally for commercial purposes. (USFWS 2002) The Laguna Beach lifeforever is a succulent perennial with a basal rosette of flat, oblong, bright green leaves that rise from woody base. The flowers of this species have bright yellow-green petals that are fused near their base. This species is distinguished from others in California by having branching stolon (horizontal stems that root at the nodes) and lateral vegetative branches that come out of the woody base. (USFWS 1998)
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References |
Skinner, M.W.; Pavlik, B.M. 1997. Inventory of rare and endangered vascular plants of California: Electronic Inventory Update of 1994, 5th edition. Sacramento: California Native Plant Society. |
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the U.S., Canada, and Greenland. In: Kartesz, J.T.; Meacham, C.A., editors. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden. Chapel Hill, NC. |
James C. Hickman, Editor. 1993 The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. Berkeley: University of California Press. 1400p. |
CDFG. (2002). California's Plants and Animals, Threatened and Endangered Plants. List and Species Accounts. California Department of Fish and Game, Habitat Conservation Planning Branch. http://www.dfg.ca.gov/hcpb/species/t_e_spp/teplant/teplanta.shtml. Accessed: 2002. |
USFWS. (2002). U.S. Plant Profiles. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, International Affairs. http://international.fws.gov/animals/plantpro.html. Accessed: 2002. |
USFWS. 1976. Proposed Endangered Status for 1700 U.S. Plants. Federal Register. 41: 24523-24572. |
USFWS. 1995. Proposed endangered status for four plants from southwestern California and Baja California, Mexico. Federal Register. 60, 153: 40549-40557. |
USFWS. 1998. Determination of endangered or threatened status for four plants from southwestern California and Baja California, Mexico. Federal Register. 63, 197: 54938-54956. |
Sanguamphai. 1989. 1988 Annual Report on the Status of California's State Listed Threatened and Endangered Plants and Animals. State of California, Department of Fish and Game. |
| This profile was updated on 3/4/2010 |