Biology:Cordylanthus wrightii
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Short description: Plant species in the broomrape family
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Genus: | Cordylanthus |
| Species: | C. wrightii
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| Cordylanthus wrightii A.Gray
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Cordylanthus wrightii, or Wright's birdbeak, is an annual plant in the family Orobanchaceae found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.[1]: 79
Taxonomy
Cordylanthus wrightii was scientifically described and named by Asa Gray in 1859. It is classified in the genus Cordylanthus as part of the family Orobanchaceae.[2]
According to Plants of the World Online it has three subspecies:
- Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. kaibabensis – Native to northern Arizona[3]
- Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. tenuifolius – Southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico[4]
- Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. wrightii – Widespread, southwest US and northern Mexico[5]
Cordylanthus wrightii has three synonyms of the species or of two of its three subspeices.[2][4][5]
| Name | Year | Rank | Synonym of: | Notes |
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| Adenostegia wrightii (A.Gray) Greene | 1891 | species | C. wrightii | ≡ hom. |
| Cordylanthus tenuifolius Pennell | 1940 | species | subsp. tenuifolius | ≡ hom. |
| Cordylanthus wrightii var. pauciflorus Kearney & Peebles | 1939 | variety | subsp. wrightii | = het. |
| Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym ; = heterotypic synonym | ||||
References
Citations
- ↑ Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 POWO 2025a.
- ↑ POWO 2025b.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 POWO 2025c.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 POWO 2025d.
Sources
- Web sources
- NatureServe (1 November 2025). "Cordylanthus wrightii" (in en). Arlington, Virginia. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.139288/.
- POWO (2025a). "Cordylanthus wrightii A.Gray" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/801719-1.
- POWO (2025b). "Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. kaibabensis T.I.Chuang & Heckard" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/275106-2.
- POWO (2025c). "Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. tenuifolius (Pennell) T.I.Chuang & Heckard" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/275107-2.
- POWO (2025d). "Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. wrightii" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/77229104-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q15313178 entry
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