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Maurandya
''Maurandya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to Mexico and the south west United States (from California to central Texas). They sprawl or climb by means of twining leaf stalks. One of the four species, ''Maurandya barclayana'', is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. The generic name is often misspelt as ''Maurandia''. Two of its species have at times been placed in the genera ''Epixiphium'' and ''Maurandella''. Description The species of ''Maurandya'' are either Herbaceous plant, herbaceous Perennial plant, perennials with fibrous roots or, in the case of ''Maurandya wislizeni, M. wislizeni'', an Annual plant, annual with a tap root. All are sprawlers or climbers, climbing by means of twining leaf stalks (Petiole (botany), petioles). The leaves are shaped like broad or narrow arrowheads, more rarely heart-shaped. The flower stalks (Peduncle (botany), peduncles) grow upwards and bear solitary flowers. The more-or-less triangular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurandya Antirrhiniflora Starr-130313-2506
''Maurandya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to Mexico and the south west United States (from California to central Texas). They sprawl or climb by means of twining leaf stalks. One of the four species, ''Maurandya barclayana'', is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. The generic name is often misspelt as ''Maurandia''. Two of its species have at times been placed in the genera ''Epixiphium'' and ''Maurandella''. Description The species of ''Maurandya'' are either Herbaceous plant, herbaceous Perennial plant, perennials with fibrous roots or, in the case of ''Maurandya wislizeni, M. wislizeni'', an Annual plant, annual with a tap root. All are sprawlers or climbers, climbing by means of twining leaf stalks (Petiole (botany), petioles). The leaves are shaped like broad or narrow arrowheads, more rarely heart-shaped. The flower stalks (Peduncle (botany), peduncles) grow upwards and bear solitary flowers. The more-or-less triangular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurandya Scandens – Bot
''Maurandya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to Mexico and the south west United States (from California to central Texas). They sprawl or climb by means of twining leaf stalks. One of the four species, ''Maurandya barclayana'', is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant. The generic name is often misspelt as ''Maurandia''. Two of its species have at times been placed in the genera ''Epixiphium'' and ''Maurandella''. Description The species of ''Maurandya'' are either herbaceous perennials with fibrous roots or, in the case of '' M. wislizeni'', an annual with a tap root. All are sprawlers or climbers, climbing by means of twining leaf stalks ( petioles). The leaves are shaped like broad or narrow arrowheads, more rarely heart-shaped. The flower stalks ( peduncles) grow upwards and bear solitary flowers. The more-or-less triangular sepals are not joined together but jointly form an urn-shaped structure around the base of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lophospermum
''Lophospermum'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial climbers or scramblers, native to mountainous regions of Mexico and Guatemala. Those that climb use twining leaf stalks. Their flowers are tubular, in shades of red, violet and purple, the larger flowers being pollinated by hummingbirds. Now placed in the greatly expanded family Plantaginaceae, the genus was traditionally placed in the Scrophulariaceae. The close relationship with some other genera, particularly ''Maurandya'' and '' Rhodochiton'', has led to confusion over the names of some species. '' Lophospermum erubescens'' and '' Lophospermum scandens'' are cultivated as ornamental plants, as climbers or trailers. Various ''Lophospermum'' cultivars are grown, often under trade names such as "Lofos®". Description ''Lophospermum'' species are herbaceous perennial climbers with fibrous roots. They climb by means of twining leaf stalks ( petioles) rather than tendrils or twining stems. The long stems are branched, becoming wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurandya Scandens
''Maurandya scandens'', also known as trailing snapdragon and snapdragon vine, is a climbing herbaceous perennial native to Mexico, with snapdragon-like flowers and untoothed leaves. It is grown as an ornamental plant in many parts of the world, and has commonly escaped from cultivation to become naturalized. Other names for this plant include creeping snapdragon, vining snapdragon, creeping gloxinia and chickabiddy. Description The perennial plant grows up to 2-3 meters tall or long. The alternate, lanceolate to arrow-shaped, entire and lobed to coarsely toothed, pointed, on the lobes, teeth often fine-pointed leaves sit on 8 to 42 millimeters long petioles. The bare leaf blades are 11 to 62 long and 4 to 45 millimeters wide. The shoot axes often form adventitious roots. It has been confused with ''Lophospermum scandens'', which has longer flowers and larger, toothed leaves. It resembles ''Maurandya barclayana'', which has blue-violet flowers and hairy rather than hairle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurandya Barclayana
''Maurandya barclayana'' (syn. ''Asarina barclayana''; orth. var. ''M. barclaiana''), commonly called angels trumpet or Mexican viper, is an ornamental plant in the family Plantaginaceae native to Mexico. This plant is cited in ''The movements and habits of climbing plants'' by Charles Darwin. Description Growing to in height, this herbaceous perennial climber has ivy-like leaves and white, pink or purple tubular flowers that occur in spring and summer. It is a climbing, fibrous-rooted perennial with stems usually having adventitious roots. Its lamina leaves that are triangular-cordate or triangular-hastate, 1–3.5 cm in length and 8–30 mm wide. The apex is acute to attenuate. Basal lobes are acute or undiscerning, with some margins, and small teeth towards the base. It is palmately veined and has a petiole that is 1–1.5 cm long. Peduncles are 2–5 cm long. Sepals are long and simple, which are 10–15 mm long in flower and 20 mm long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurandya Antirrhiniflora
''Maurandella antirrhiniflora'', known as roving sailor or (along with other similar species) climbing snapdragon, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Maurandella''. It is a scrambling or climbing herbaceous perennial subshrub native to Mexico, the southwestern United States ( California to Texas), Cuba, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, where it grows in a variety of relatively dry subtropical habitats. Description It has more-or-less triangular untoothed leaves and tubular flowers in various shades of pink, red or blue to violet with white bases. Unlike species in the genus ''Maurandya ''Maurandya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Plantaginaceae, native to Mexico and the south west United States (from California to central Texas). They sprawl or climb by means of twining leaf stalks. One of the four species, ''Mau ...'', the flowers have closed "lips". References Plantaginaceae Monotypic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asarina
''Asarina'' is a flowering plant genus of only one species, ''Asarina procumbens Mill.'' Search for "Asarina", the trailing snapdragon, which is native to France and Spain and introduced in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Hungary. Originally placed in the Scrophulariaceae (figwort family), the genus has more recently been moved to the Plantaginaceae (plantain family). Species from North America formerly placed in the genus ''Asarina'' are now placed in '' Holmgrenanthe'', ''Lophospermum'', '' Mabrya'' and ''Maurandya'', as well as '' Neogaerrhinum''. ''Asarina'' is now regarded as exclusively an Old World genus. Description The single remaining species of the now monotypic genus, ''A. procumbens'' is a foetid, strongly pubescent, viscid subshrub of trailing/mat-forming habit reaching a height of only 10-20cm. The somewhat woody main stems give rise to lax creeping/cascading stems bearing opposite, long-petioled, hairy, lobed, reniform-to-cordate leaves with crenate and often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabrya
''Mabrya'' is a genus of flowering plants in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. It consists of herbaceous perennials with brittle upright or drooping stems, found in dry areas of Mexico and the southern United States. Description Species of ''Mabrya'' are herbaceous perennials with fibrous roots. They have brittle stems, usually pendant and forming mats, although more upright in ''M. erecta''. The stems branch and become woody at the base with age. Unlike related genera, such as ''Maurandya'' and ''Lophospermum'', the leaf stalks ( petioles) are straight and do not twine. The leaves are rounded or kidney shaped, generally with broad, somewhat rounded teeth. The flowers are borne individually on stalks ( peduncles) that are usually horizontal or ascending. The sepals are joined at the base; where their margins become free, they curve back on themselves. Together the sepals form an urn-shaped calyx. The flowers consist of five petals joined at the base to form a tube. The f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurandya Wislizeni
''Epixiphium wislizeni'', commonly known as baloonbush, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. It is the sole species in genus ''Epixiphium''. It is a scrambling or climbing perennial subshrub native to Chihuahua state in northern Mexico and the south western United States ( Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas) where it grows in sand dunes. It has tubular flowers in shades of blue to violet and white and more-or-less triangular untoothed leaves. The species was first described in 1859 as ''Maurandya wislizeni''. In 1926 Philip A. Munz placed it in a separate genus as ''Epixiphium wislizeni''. The species epithet ''wislizeni'' commemorates Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus (first name sometimes spelled Frederick) (21 May 1810, Königsee – 23 September 1889) was a German-born American MD, explorer and botanist. He is best known for his printed recollections from travels to Northern Mexi .... It is regularly m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodochiton
''Rhodochiton'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family Plantaginaceae, native to southern Mexico and neighbouring Guatemala. They climb by means of twining leaf stalks. One of the three species, '' Rhodochiton atrosanguineus'', the purple bell vine, is grown as an ornamental plant. All three species are sometimes included in ''Lophospermum''. Description ''Rhodochiton'' species are herbaceous perennials. They have long climbing or sprawling stems, branching and becoming woody at the base with age. They cling by means of twining leaf stalks ( petioles). Their leaves are more or less heart-shaped, with pointed ends. The solitary flowers are carried on relatively long stalks ( peduncles) that are pendant, causing the flowers to hang downwards. The sepals, usually tinted rose or purple, are joined at the base and together form an expanded bell shape around the flower. The five petals are joined at the base to form a tube, light purple at the base and dark purple towards t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older classifications, Plantaginaceae was the only family of the order Plantaginales, but numerous phylogenetic studies, summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, have demonstrated that this taxon should be included within Lamiales. Overview The plantain family as traditionally circumscribed consisted of only three genera: ''Bougueria'', ''Littorella'', and ''Plantago''. However phylogenetic research has indicated that Plantaginaceae ''sensu stricto'' (in the strict sense) were nested within Scrophulariaceae (but forming a group that did not include the type genus of that family, ''Scrophularia''). Although Veronicaceae (1782) is the oldest family name for this group, Plantaginaceae (1789) is a conserved name under the International Code of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casimiro Gómez Ortega
Casimiro Gómez de Ortega (4 March 1741, in Toledo, Spain, Añover de Tajo, Spain – 30 August 1818, in Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish physician, and botanist who was the First Professor of the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid. Under Charles III of Spain Gómez de Ortega directed the formation of the Royal Botanical Garden as a place, in particular, to collect and study the new species of plants being identified by European explorers. Gómez de Ortega published extensively on plant species, and on the economic botany of plants collected during Spanish sponsored explorations of South America. He described the genera ''Echeandia'' (Anthericaceae), ''Maurandya'' (Plantaginaceae), ''Pascalia'' (Asteraceae), and ''Sesamoides'' (Resedaceae). The genus ''Gomortega'', a tree endemism, endemic to Chile, is named after him. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1777. References External links Casimiro Gómez Ortega. Polymath Virtual Library, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
