Mulguraea

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

• Media related to Mulguraea at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Mulguraea at Wikispecies