Lophospermum

Lophospermum erubescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Plantaginaceae
Tribus: Antirrhineae
Subtribus: Maurandyinae
Genus: Lophospermum
Species: L. breedlovei – L. chiapense – L. erubescens – L. nubicola – L. purpurascens – L. purpusii – L. scandens – L. turneri

Name

• Lophospermum D.Don ex R.Taylor, (1826)
• Type species:  Lophospermum scandens  D.Don

Synonyms

Heterotypic

• Rhodochiton Zucc. ex Otto & A. Dietr., Verh. Vereins. Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 10: 152. 1834. However, contemporary evidence segregates the two genera and this circumscription is followed on Wikispecies.

References

• Don, D., 1826. Philos. Mag. J. 67: 222.

• Ghebrehiwet, M., Bremer, B. & Thulin, M. (2000) Phylogeny of the tribe Antirrhineae (Scrophulariaceae) based on morphological and ndhF sequence data, Plant Systematics and Evolution, 220: 223–239. Available on line [1]. Accessed 2014 29 May. Provides evidence that Lophospermum and Rhodochiton are sister taxa and are not cogeneric.

• Christenhuiz, M.J.M. (2010) Nomenclatural corrections in Mesoamerican Plantaginaceae and a new species of Tetranema from Honduras, Phytotaxa 14: 56–60. Available on line [2]. Accessed 2014 29 May. Provides evidence that Lophospermum and Rhodochiton are sister taxa and are not cogeneric.

• The Plant List 2013. Lophospermum in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 May 29.

• Farr, E. R. & Zijlstra, G. eds. (1996-) Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). 2009 Dec 23 [3]. Shows Lophospermum and Rhodochiton as separate genera.

• Elisens, W.J. 1985. Monograph of the Maurandyinae (Scrophulariaceae-Antirrhineae). Syst. Bot. Monogr. 5:66. Shows Lophospermum and Rhodochiton as cogeneric.

• Sutton, D.A. 1988. A revision of the tribe Antirrhineae. (Rev Antirrh) 497. Shows Lophospermum and Rhodochiton as cogeneric.

Vernacular names

English: Creeping Gloxinia

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