Mimophytum mexicanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Boraginales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Boraginales

Familia: Boraginaceae
Subfamilia: Cynoglossoideae
Tribus: Omphalodeae
Genus: Mimophytum
Species: Mimophytum mexicanum

Name

Mimophytum mexicanum (S. Watson) R.R.Mill ex Holstein & Weigend, Phytotaxa 288(2): 141 (2016).

Basionym: Omphalodes mexicana S. Watson, Proc. Amer Acad. Arts 25: 158 (1890).

Type locality: Mexico, Nuevo León, in the Sierra Madre near Monterrey, fissures of dry limerock.

Lectotype: GH00219328: 27 June 1888, C.G. Pringle 1878 (designated by G.L.Nesom (1988)).

References

• Holstein, N., Chacón, J., Otero, A., Jiménez-Mejías, P. & M. Weigend. 2016. Towards a monophyletic Omphalodes—or an expansion of North American Mimophytum. Phytotaxa 288(2): 131–144 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.288.2.3
• Nesom, G.L. 1988. Synopsis of the species of Omphalodes (Boraginaceae) native to the New World. SIDA 13: 25–30.
• Watson, S. 1890. Descriptions of new species of plants, from Northern Mexico, collected chiefly by Mr. C. G. Pringle, in 1888 and 1889. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 25: 141–163.