Lophospermum purpusii

Lophospermum purpusii is a scambling or climbing herbaceous perennial native to Mexico (the states of Oaxaca and Puebla). It has tubular flowers, white at the base and red to violet elsewhere.[3]

Lophospermum purpusii
Illustration from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1917
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Lophospermum
Species:
L. purpusii
Binomial name
Lophospermum purpusii
(Brandegee) Rothm.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Asarina purpusii (Brandegee) Pennell
  • Maurandya erubescens var. purpusii (Brandegee) I.M. Johnst.
  • Maurandya purpusii Brandegee

References
  1. "Lophospermum purpusii", The Plant List, retrieved 2014-08-17
  2. "Lophospermum purpusii (Brandegee) Rothm.", Tropicos.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 2014-08-17
  3. 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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