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Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth

cufea, falsa brecina, trueno de Venus, mexican heather, false heather, hawaiian heather

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Plantae

Phylum
Magnoliophyta

Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)

Order
Myrtales

Family
Lythraceae

Genus
Cuphea

Species
hyssopifolia

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Parsonsia hyssopifolia (Kunth) Standl.

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2004

Mode of introduction: Intentional

Introduction Pathway: Intentional

Subpathway: Agriculture/Horticulture

Introduced status: Human dependent

Invasive status: Unlikely to become invasive

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • CONABIO (2009) Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. Cap. nat. México 1.
  • Davidse, G. Sousa S.M., Knapp, S., & Chiang Cabrera, F. (2009) Cucurbitaceae a Polemoniaceae. Fl. Mesoamer. 4(1): 1-855.
  • Graham, S.A. (1989) Revision of Cuphea sect. Leptocalyx (Lythraceae). Syst. Bot. 14(1): 43–76.
  • Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
  • Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org

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