Carlowrightia henricksonii

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|genus = Carlowrightia

|species = henricksonii

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Carlowrightia henricksonii is a species of flowering plant native to the far north of Tamaulipas in northeastern Mexico.{{cite web|title=Carlowrightia henricksonii; Acanthaceae - Original type specimen|url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/herb2ic/x-mich1104023/MICH1104023.TIF?g=um-ic;lasttype=boolean;lastview=reslist;med=1;resnum=8502;size=50;sort=strstateprovince;start=8501;subview=detail;view=entry;rgn1=ic_all;q1=herb2ic|website=University of Michigan Herbarium Vascular Plant Type Collection with Specimen Images|publisher=University of Michigan|accessdate=28 July 2017|language=en}} Like other members of the genus, commonly known as wrightworts, it is small shrub bearing inflorescences of lily-like flowers. No subspecies are listed in Catalog of Life.{{cite web|url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/16676568|website=Catalogue of Life|title=Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist|publisher=ETI BioInformatics|accessdate=28 July 2017}} It was first collected for scientific description by Marshall Conring Johnston and J. Crutchfield in 1960 and described by T.F. Daniel in 1983.{{cite journal|last1=Daniel|first1=Thomas Franklin|journal=Flora Neotropica|title=Carlowrightia henricksonii|date=1983|volume=Monograph 34|pages=95–97}}{{cite web|title=Carlowrightia henricksonii - T.F. Daniel|url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50096445|website=www.tropicos.org|publisher=Missouri Botanical Gardens, 4344 Shaw Boulevard - Saint Louis, Missouri 63110|accessdate=28 July 2017}} It is named for American botanist James Solberg Henrickson.

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