Mandevilla brachysiphon
Mandevilla brachysiphon close up in the Atascosa Highlands, southern Arizona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Mandevilla
Species:
M. brachysiphon
Binomial name
Mandevilla brachysiphon
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]

Mandevilla brachysiphon habitat in the Atascosa Highlands, southern Arizona

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. ↑ "Macrosiphonia brachysiphon – Huachuca Mountain Rocktrumpet – Southeastern Arizona Wildflowers and Plants".
  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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