Biology:Malperia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Malperia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Malperia
S.Watson
Species:
M. tenuis
Binomial name
Malperia tenuis
S.Watson
Synonyms[1]

Hofmeisteria tenuis (S.Wats.) I.M.Johnst.

Malperia is a North American plant genus in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

There is only one known species, Malperia tenuis. This plant's common name is brown turbans or brownturbans. It is a rare plant native to the Sonoran Desert of the U.S. state of California (Imperial and San Diego Counties) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur). This is a small annual with white or pinkish bell-shaped flowers.[4][5][1][6][7][8]

The name Malperia is based on an anagram of the last name of botanist Edward Palmer.[4][5]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16089880 entry