Maurandella

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Maurandya_antirrhiniflora_Starr-130313-2506.jpg

|image_caption = In cultivation in Hawaii

|genus = Maurandella

|parent_authority = (A.Gray) Rothm. (1943)

|species = antirrhiniflora

|authority = (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Rothm. (1943)

|synonyms =

  • Antirrhinum antirrhiniflorum {{small|(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Hitchc. (1893)}}
  • Antirrhinum maurandioides {{small|A.Gray (1868)}}
  • Asarina antirrhiniflora {{small|(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Pennell (1947)}}
  • Ipomoea nealleyi {{small|J.M.Coult. (1890)}}
  • Maurandella hederifolia {{small|Rothm. (1943)}}
  • Maurandya antirrhiniflora {{small|Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. (1809)}}
  • Maurandya antirrhiniflora subsp. hederifolia {{small|(Rothm.) Elisens (1985)}}
  • Maurandya personata {{small|Lag. (1816)}}
  • Usteria antirrhiniflora {{small|(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) DC. (1813)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:805502-1 Maurandella antirrhiniflora (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Rothm.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 May 2024.

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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

File:Starr 071024-0123 Maurandya antirrhiniflora.jpg

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, the flowers have closed "lips".

References

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{{Citation |last=Elisens |first=Wayne J. |year=1985 |title=Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae) |journal=Systematic Botany Monographs |volume=5 |pages=1–97 |doi=10.2307/25027602 |jstor=25027602 }}}}

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Category:Plantaginaceae

Category:Monotypic Plantaginaceae genera

Category:Flora of Arizona

Category:Flora of California

Category:Flora of Cuba

Category:Flora of Mexico

Category:Flora of Nevada

Category:Flora of New Mexico

Category:Flora of Texas

Category:Flora of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Category:Plants described in 1809

Category:Taxa named by Alexander von Humboldt

Category:Taxa named by Aimé Bonpland

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