Houstonia wrightii

Houstonia wrightii, the pygmy bluet, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae.[2] It is native to the south-western United States (Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora, Hidalgo).[1][3][4]

Houstonia wrightii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Houstonia
Species:
H. wrightii
Binomial name
Houstonia wrightii
A.Gray
Synonyms[1]
  • Hedyotis wrightii (A.Gray) Fosberg
  • Hedyotis pumila Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Hedyotis pygmaea Roem. & Schult
  • Hedyotis cervantesii Kunth
  • Anotis cervantesii (Kunth) DC.
  • Houstonia humifusa Hemsl.
  • Ereicoctis cervantesii (Kunth) Kuntze

References
  1. Biota of North America Program
  2. Gray, Asa. 1882. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 17: 202. Houstonia wrightii
  3. Kew World List of Selected Plant Families
  4. Southwest Environmental Information Network


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