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<i>Malperia</i>

Malperia

Genus of flowering plants

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

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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

  1. [1]
    Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-18 at archive.today
  2. [2]
    Watson, Sereno. 1889. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 24: 54 in English
  3. [3]
    Tropicos, Malperia S. Watson
  4. [4]
    "Malperia S. Watson". Flora of North America.
  5. [5]
    Jepson Manual Treatment
  6. [6]
    Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  7. [7]
    Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
  8. [8]
    Calflora
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