Mabrya acerifolia

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Mabrya acerifolia
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Mabrya
Species:
M. acerifolia
Binomial name
Mabrya acerifolia
(Pennell) Elisens[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Maurandya acerifolia Pennell
  • Antirrhinum flaviflorum var. dentatum Tidestr.
  • Asarina acerifolia (Pennell) Pennell

Mabrya acerifolia, or brittlestem,[3] is a mat-forming herbaceous perennial native to south-central Arizona. It has pale yellow tubular flowers. It was first described by Francis W. Pennell in 1924 in the genus Maurandya and transferred to Mabrya by in 1985.[2] The epithet acerifolia refers to the somewhat maple-like shape of its leaves.

In habitat

References[]

  1. ^ "Mabrya acerifolia", The Plant List, retrieved 2014-08-20
  2. ^ a b Elisens, Wayne J. (1985), "Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae)", Systematic Botany Monographs, 5: 1–97, doi:10.2307/25027602, JSTOR 25027602
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Mabrya acerifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 June 2015.


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