Maurandya wislizeni
Maurandya wislizeni is a scrambling or climbing herbaceous annual native to Mexico and the south western United States (Texas, Arizona and New Mexico) where it grows in sand dunes. It has tubular flowers in shades of blue to violet and white and more-or-less triangular untoothed leaves. It has been placed in a separate genus as Epixiphium wislizeni.[3]
| Maurandya wislizeni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Plantaginaceae |
| Genus: | Maurandya |
| Species: | M. wislizeni |
| Binomial name | |
| Maurandya wislizeni Engelm. ex A.Gray[1] | |
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The epithet wislizeni commemorates Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus. It is regularly misspelt "wislizenii".
Growing in sand dunes
References
- "Maurandya wislizeni", The Plant List, retrieved 2014-08-16
- "Maurandya wislizeni Englm. ex A. Gray", Tropicos, retrieved 2014-07-16
- Elisens, Wayne J. (1985), "Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae)", Systematic Botany Monographs, 5: 1–97, doi:10.2307/25027602, JSTOR 25027602
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