Mabrya erecta is an upright herbaceous perennial native to Mexico – the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León and possibly México. Unlike other members of the genus Mabrya, it does not form mats. It has tubular flowers, whitish at the base and pink to red-violet at the apex. It was first described by William B. Hemsley in 1882 in the genus Maurandya and transferred to Mabrya by Wayne J. Elisens in 1985.[3] The epithet erecta means erect or upright.[4]

Mabrya erecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Mabrya
Species:
M. erecta
Binomial name
Mabrya erecta
(Hemsl.) Elisens[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Asarina hirsuta Pennell
  • Lophospermum erectum (Hemsl.) Rothm.
  • Maurandya erecta Hemsl.

References

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  1. ^ "Mabrya erecta", The Plant List, retrieved 2014-08-22
  2. ^ "Mabrya erecta (Hemsl.) Elisens", Tropicos.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, retrieved 2014-08-22
  3. ^ Elisens, Wayne J. (1985), "Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae)", Systematic Botany Monographs, 5: 1–97, doi:10.2307/25027602, JSTOR 25027602
  4. ^ Stearn, W.T. (2004), Botanical Latin (4th (p/b) ed.), Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, p. 421 & 521, ISBN 978-0-7153-1643-6