Maurandya scandens

Maurandya scandens
From The Botanist's Repository (1797)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Maurandya
Species: M. scandens
Binomial name
Maurandya scandens
(Cav.) Pers.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Asarina scandens (Cav.) Pennell
  • Maurandya semperflorens Ortega, nom. superfl.
  • Reichardia scandens (Cav.) Roth
  • Usteria scandens Cav.

Maurandya scandens is a climbing herbaceous perennial native to Mexico, with pink and white tubular flowers and untoothed leaves. It is grown as an ornamental plant in many parts of the world, and has commonly escaped from cultivation to become naturalized. It has been confused with Lophospermum scandens, which has longer flowers and larger, toothed leaves.[2] It resembles Maurandya barclayana, which has blue-violet flowers and hairy rather than hairless sepals.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Maurandya scandens", The Plant List, retrieved 2014-08-15
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Elisens, Wayne J. (1985), "Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae)", Systematic Botany Monographs 5: 1–97, doi:10.2307/25027602, JSTOR 25027602