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Lophospermum chiapense

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Lophospermum chiapense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Lophospermum
Species:
L. chiapense
Binomial name
Lophospermum chiapense
Elisens[1]

Lophospermum chiapense is a climbing or scrambling herbaceous perennial known only from one location in the state of Chiapas in Mexico, where it was first collected. It has tubular flowers, white at the base and violet elsewhere. It was first described by Wayne J. Elisens in 1985.[2] The epithet chiapense refers to its place of collection.

References

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  1. ^ "Lophospermum chiapense", The Plant List, retrieved 2014-08-20
  2. ^ Elisens, Wayne J. (1985), "Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae)", Systematic Botany Monographs, 5: 1–97, doi:10.2307/25027602, JSTOR 25027602