Cordylanthus wrightii

Cordylanthus wrightii
Flower

Apparently Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Orobanchaceae
Genus: Cordylanthus
Species:
C. wrightii
Binomial name
Cordylanthus wrightii

Cordylanthus wrightii, or Wright's birdbeak, is an annual plant in the family Orobanchaceae found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.[2]: 79 

Taxonomy

Cordylanthus wrightii was scientifically described and named by Asa Gray in 1859. It is classified in the genus Cordylanthus as part of the family Orobanchaceae.[3]

According to Plants of the World Online it has three subspecies:

  • Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. kaibabensis – Native to northern Arizona[4]
  • Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. tenuifolius – Southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico[5]
  • Cordylanthus wrightii subsp. wrightii – Widespread, southwest US and northern Mexico[6]

Cordylanthus wrightii has three synonyms of the species or of two of its three subspeices.[3][5][6]

Table of Synonyms
Name Year Rank Synonym of: Notes
Adenostegia wrightii (A.Gray) Greene 1891 species C. wrightii ≡ hom.
Cordylanthus tenuifolius Pennell 1940 species subsp. tenuifolius ≡ hom.
Cordylanthus wrightii var. pauciflorus Kearney & Peebles 1939 variety subsp. wrightii = het.
Notes: ≡ homotypic synonym ; = heterotypic synonym

References

Citations

  1. ^ NatureServe 2025.
  2. ^ Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7
  3. ^ a b POWO 2025a.
  4. ^ POWO 2025b.
  5. ^ a b POWO 2025c.
  6. ^ a b POWO 2025d.

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