Galvezia

Galvezia
Galvezia speciosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Plantaginaceae
Tribe:	Antirrhineae
Genus:	Galvezia Dombey ex Juss.
Species
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Galvezia is a genus of perennial plants which are native to western North America, western South America and the Galapagos Islands. The genus is currently placed in the family Plantaginaceae, having been formerly classified under Scrophulariaceae. It is named in honour of José de Gálvez, a colonial official in New Spain during the 1700s.^[1]

Species include:

• Munz, native to Peru
• J.F. Gmel., native to Ecuador and Peru
• Brandagee, native to Mexico
• (Benth.) A. Gray, native to Mexico
• Galvezia lanceolata Pennell, native to Ecuador
• Wiggins, native to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
• (Dombey ex Chav.) Dombey & Benth., native to Peru
• Galvezia speciosa (Nutt.) A. Gray (syn. Gambelia speciosa (Nutt.), commonly known as showy island snapdragon and native to the Channel Islands of California in California and Guadalupe Island, Mexico.

References[]

• Treatment from the Jepson Manual: Galvezia speciosa (Nutt.) A. Gray
• Missouri Botanical Gardens - VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database

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