Mabrya geniculata is a mat-forming herbaceous perennial native to the Mexican states of Sonora and Chihuahua. It has pale yellow tubular flowers. It was first described in 1894 by Benjamin L. Robinson and Merritt L. Fernald in the genus Maurandya and transferred to Mabrya by Wayne J. Elisens in 1985.[2]

Mabrya geniculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Mabrya
Species:
M. geniculata
Binomial name
Mabrya geniculata
(B.L.Rob. & Fernald) Elisens[1]
Subspecies

M. g. subsp. geniculata
M. g. subsp. lanata Elisens[2]

Synonyms[1]
  • Maurandya geniculata B.L.Rob. & Fernald

Elisens divided M. geniculata into three subspecies, M. g. geniculata, M. g. flaviflora and M. g. lanata.[2] M. g. flaviflora was separated off as a full species, Mabrya flaviflora, by David A. Sutton in 1988.[3] M. g. lanata differs from the nominate subspecies in having its stems and leaves densely covered in wool-like hairs. It occurs only in the state of Sonora.[2]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "Mabrya geniculata", The Plant List, retrieved 2014-08-20
  2. ^ a b c d Elisens, Wayne J. (1985), "Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae)", Systematic Botany Monographs, 5: 1–97, doi:10.2307/25027602, JSTOR 25027602
  3. ^ Sutton, David A. (1988), A Revision of the Tribe Antirrhineae, London; New York: The Natural History Museum; Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-858520-6, cited in "Mabrya flaviflora (I.M. Johnst.) D.A. Sutton", Tropicos.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 2014-07-15