Maurandya
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Maurandya is a genus of flowering plant
s in the plantain
family, Plantaginaceae
. Some authorities include in it Epixiphium and Maurandella
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Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...
s in the plantain
Plantago
Plantago is a genus of about 200 species of small, inconspicuous plants commonly called plantains. They share this name with the very dissimilar plantain, a kind of banana. Most are herbaceous plants, though a few are subshrubs growing to 60 cm tall. The leaves are sessile, but have a narrow...
family, Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae Juss. or plantain family, are a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales. The type genus is Plantago L..In older classifications it used to be the only family of the order Plantaginales, but numerous phylogenetic studies, summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, have...
. Some authorities include in it Epixiphium and Maurandella
Maurandella
Maurandella is a genus of flowering plants in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. It is sometimes included in Maurandya.-Selected species:...
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Selected species
- Maurandya barclayanaMaurandya barclayanaMaurandya barclayana is an ornamental plant in the Plantaginaceae family. This plant is cited in The movements and habits of climbing plants by Charles Darwin....
Lindl. – Mexican Viper - Maurandya scandens (Cav.) Pers.
- Maurandya wislizeni Engelm. ex A.Gray
Formerly placed here
- Lophospermum erubescens D.Don (as M. erubescens (D. Don) A.Gray
- Maurandella antirrhiniflora (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Rothm. (as M. antirrhiniflora Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.)