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Mabrya coccinea

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Mabrya coccinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Mabrya
Species:
M. coccinea
Binomial name
Mabrya coccinea
(I.M.Johnst.) Elisens[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Maurandya coccinea I.M.Johnst.

Mabrya coccinea is a mat-forming herbaceous perennial native to the Mexican state of Coahuila. It has red tubular flowers. It was first described by Ivan M. Johnston in 1950 in the genus Maurandya and transferred to Mabrya by Wayne J. Elisens in 1985.[2] The epithet coccinea means red.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mabrya coccinea", The Plant List, retrieved 2014-08-22
  2. ^ Elisens, Wayne J. (1985), "Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae)", Systematic Botany Monographs, 5: 1–97, doi:10.2307/25027602, JSTOR 25027602
  3. ^ Stearn, W.T. (2004), Botanical Latin (4th (p/b) ed.), Portland, Oregon: Timber Press, p. 387, ISBN 978-0-7153-1643-6