Mandevilla brachysiphon |
Mandevilla foliosa |
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Huachuca Mountain rocktrumpet, western rocktrumpet |
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Habit | Subshrubs, 2–4 dm; rhizomes present. | |
Stems | sparsely to densely eglandular-pubescent, especially on younger growth. |
eglandular-pubescent to glabrate [glabrous]. |
Leaves | opposite or subopposite, occasionally subverticillate; petiole 1–2 mm, pubescent; blade ovate-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, (8–)14–35 × (3.5–)6–15(–25) mm, subcoriaceous, base cuneate, rounded, or slightly cordate, margins not revolute, apex acute, acuminate, or rounded, apiculate, surfaces densely eglandular-pubescent abaxially, eglandular-pubescent adaxially. |
opposite [subopposite, whorled]; petiole 3–13(–18) mm, pubescent [glabrous]; blade ovate-lanceolate to elliptic or obovate, 50–130(–150) × 15–50(–70) mm, membranous, base cuneate, obtuse, or subcordate, margins not revolute, apex acute or acuminate, surfaces eglandular-pubescent abaxially and at margins [glabrous], eglandular-pubescent to glabrate adaxially. |
Peduncles | 0–1(–3) mm, pubescent. |
2–15 mm, pubescent [glabrous]. |
Pedicels | 7–15 mm, pubescent. |
5–20 mm, pubescent [glabrous]. |
Flowers | sepals reddish, oblong-ovate, 4–9 × 1–2.2 mm, pubescent; corolla white, often tinged with pink or red, often greenish below, eglandular-pubescent abaxially and adaxially, tube 13–20(–25) × 1.5 mm, throat (11–)15–20(–25) × 4–5 mm, lobes spreading, obliquely ovate, (10–)15–25 × 10–20 mm. |
sepals green, lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, (3–)5–8 × 1–1.3 mm, pubescent [glabrous]; corolla yellow, glabrous abaxially, eglandular-pubescent adaxially, tube 8–12 × 2–3 mm, throat 3–5 × 3–4 mm, lobes spreading, obliquely obovate to oblanceolate to dolabriform, often falcate, 6–10 × 3–4 mm. |
Seeds | 5–7 × 1–1.5 mm. |
7–10 × 1.5–2 mm. |
Cymes | 1(or 2)-flowered. |
3–9(–14)-flowered. |
Follicles | 55–120 × 4–5 mm, pubescent. |
(55–)80–120 × 2–3 mm, pubescent or glabrate. |
Suffrutescent | perennials [shrubs], 5–20 dm; rhizomes absent. |
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Mandevilla brachysiphon |
Mandevilla foliosa |
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Phenology | Flowering summer; fruiting summer–fall. | Flowering summer–fall; fruiting fall. |
Habitat | Desert scrub, desert grasslands, pine-oak woodlands. | Pine-juniper woodlands. |
Elevation | 1000–1600 m. (3300–5200 ft.) | 1700 m. (5600 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; NM; TX; Mexico (Chihuahua, Sonora)
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AZ; Mexico |
Discussion | Mandevilla brachysiphon has the westernmost distribution of our species. Within the flora area, M. brachysiphon is known only from southeastern Arizona (Cochise, Graham, Pima, and Santa Cruz counties), southwestern New Mexico (Hidalgo and Luna counties), and the Franklin Mountains of El Paso County, Texas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Mandevilla foliosa is known in the United States from a single collection (Milson 1, ARIZ) in the Santa Rita Mountains in Santa Cruz County of southern Arizona but is widespread in Mexico. J. K. Williams (2004c) referred populations of Mandevilla foliosa from northern Mexico to M. stans, arguing that the pubescence of stems, petioles, inflorescences, and sepals (versus glabrous in M. foliosa) and the disjunct geographic distribution (northern versus southern Mexico) were sufficient characters to justify recognition at the species level. This disposition was not followed in the most recent treatment of Mexican Mandevilla species (L. O. Alvarado-Cárdenas and J. F. Morales 2014). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Apocynaceae > Mandevilla | Apocynaceae > Mandevilla |
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Synonyms | Echites brachysiphon, Macrosiphonia brachysiphon, Telosiphonia brachysiphon | Amblyanthera foliosa, M. stans, Trachelospermum stans |
Name authority | (Torrey) Pichon: Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 20: 106. (1948) | (Müller Arg.) Hemsley: Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 316. (1881) |
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