Biology:Lophospermum purpurascens

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Lophospermum purpurascens
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Lophospermum
Species:
L. purpurascens
Binomial name
Lophospermum purpurascens
Elisens[1]

Lophospermum purpurascens is a climbing or scrambling herbaceous perennial native to Mexico, occurring in the states of Oaxaca, Veracruz and possibly Puebla. It has tubular flowers, white at the base and dark purple elsewhere. It was first described by Wayne J. Elisens in 1985.[2] The epithet purpurascens means purplish or becoming purple.[3]

References

  1. "Lophospermum purpurascens", The Plant List, http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/tro-50155776, retrieved 2014-08-20 
  2. Elisens, Wayne J. (1985), "Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae)", Systematic Botany Monographs 5: 1–97, doi:10.2307/25027602 
  3. Stearn, W.T. (2004), Botanical Latin (4th (p/b) ed.), Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, p. 477, ISBN 978-0-7153-1643-6 

Wikidata ☰ Q15339323 entry