Mulguraea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Verbenaceae
Tribus: Verbeneae
Genus: Mulguraea
Species: (11)
M. arequipensis – M. asparagoides – M. aspera – M. cedroides – M. cinerascens – M. echegarayi – M. hystrix – M. ligustrina – M. scoparia – M. tetragonocalyx – M. tridens
Name

Mulguraea N.O'Leary & P.Peralta (2009)

Type species: Verbena asparagoides Gillies & Hook. ≡ Mulguraea asparagoides (Gillies & Hook.) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta

References

O’Leary, N. et al. 2009: Reassignment of species of paraphyletic Junellia s.l. to the new genus Mulguraea (Verbenaceae) and new circumscription of genus Junellia: Molecular and morphological congruence. Systematic botany 34(4): 777–786. DOI: 10.1600/036364409790139691 Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Mulguraea. Published online. Accessed: 12 June 2014.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Mulguraea in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 12. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Mulguraea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 June 12.

Mulguraea is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Verbenaceae.[1]

Its native range is Peru to southern South America. It is found in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru.[1]

The genus name of Mulguraea is in honour of María E. Múlgura (b. 1943), an Argentinian botanist. She was also a curator and professor at the Instituto de Botánica Darwinion, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, and also specialist in Junellia.[2] It was first described and published in Syst. Bot. Vol.34 on page 782 in 2009.[1]
Known species

According to Kew:[1]

Mulguraea arequipensis (Botta) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta
Mulguraea asparagoides (Gillies & Hook.) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta
Mulguraea aspera (Gillies & Hook.) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta
Mulguraea cedroides (Sandwith) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta
Mulguraea cinerascens (Schauer) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta
Mulguraea echegarayi (Hieron.) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta
Mulguraea hystrix (Phil.) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta
Mulguraea ligustrina (Lag.) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta
Mulguraea scoparia (Gillies & Hook.) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta
Mulguraea tetragonocalyx (Tronc.) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta
Mulguraea tridens (Lag.) N.O'Leary & P.Peralta

References

"Mulguraea N.O'Leary & P.Peralta | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.