Mandevilla brachysiphon

Mandevilla brachysiphon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Mandevilla
Species: M. brachysiphon
Binomial name
Mandevilla brachysiphon
(Torr.) Pichon
Synonyms[1]
  • Echites brachysiphon Torr.
  • Macrosiphonia brachysiphon (Torr.) A. Gray
  • Macrosiphonia dulcis A.Nelson
  • Macrosiphonia woodsoniana Standl.
  • Telosiphonia brachysiphon (Torr.) Henriks.

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]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List
  2. 1 2 McLaughlin, S.P. 1993 Apocynaceae A.L. Juss. Dogbane Family. Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science 27:164-168.
  3. ↑ Encyclopedia of Life, Mandevilla brachysiphon
  4. ↑ http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/1472/macrosiphonia-brachysiphon-huachuca-mountain-rocktrumpet/
  5. ↑ Pichon, M. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, sér. 2 20: 106. 1948.
  6. ↑ Gray, A. Synoptical Flora of North America 2(1): 83–84. 1878.
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