Mandevilla brachysiphon
Mandevilla brachysiphon | |
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Mandevilla brachysiphon close up in the Atascosa Highlands, southern Arizona | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Mandevilla |
Species: | M. brachysiphon
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Binomial name | |
Mandevilla brachysiphon | |
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Mandevilla brachysiphon is a plant species with the common name Huachuca Mountain rocktrumpet. It is native to southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, Texas, Chihuahua and Sonora. It grows on rocky slopes and plains ion desert and grassland, often on limestone soil.[2][3]
This is a low plant rarely attaining a height of over 40 cm. It has white, showy flowers that open at night and are very fragrant.[4] The seeds are minutely puberulent.[2][5][6]
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Mandevilla brachysiphon habitat in the Atascosa Highlands, southern Arizona
References[]
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ Jump up to: a b McLaughlin, S.P. 1993 Apocynaceae A.L. Juss. Dogbane Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27:164-168.
- ^ Encyclopedia of Life, Mandevilla brachysiphon
- ^ http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/1472/macrosiphonia-brachysiphon-huachuca-mountain-rocktrumpet/
- ^ Pichon, M. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, sér. 2 20: 106. 1948.
- ^ Gray, A. Synoptical Flora of North America 2(1): 83–84. 1878.
Categories:
- Mandevilla
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Texas
- Flora of Chihuahua (state)
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of New Mexico
- Flora of Sonora