Lamourouxia (plant)

Lamourouxia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae.^[1]

Lamourouxia
Lamourouxia virgata, Ecuador, Napo Province,
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Orobanchaceae
Genus:	Lamourouxia Kunth

Its native range is Mexico to Peru. It is found in the countries of Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá and Peru.^[1] Kew also adds Magadan in Russia,^[1] this could be a random mistake.

The genus name of Lamourouxia is in honour of Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux (1779–1825), a French biologist and naturalist, noted for his seminal work with algae.^[2] It was first described and published in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. Vol.2on page 335 in 1818.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:^[1]

• Lamourouxia barbata (Bertol.) MacVean, Cristof., T.F.Daniel & Baldini
• Lamourouxia brachyantha Greenm.
• Lamourouxia colimae W.R.Ernst & Baad
• Lamourouxia dasyantha (Cham. & Schltdl.) W.R.Ernst
• Lamourouxia dependens Benth.
• Lamourouxia dispar W.R.Ernst
• Lamourouxia gracilis B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
• Lamourouxia gutierrezii Oerst.
• Lamourouxia jaliscana W.R.Ernst & Baad
• Lamourouxia lanceolata Benth.
• Lamourouxia longiflora Benth.
• Lamourouxia macrantha M.Martens & Galeotti
• Lamourouxia microphylla M.Martens & Galeotti
• Lamourouxia multifida Kunth
• Lamourouxia nelsonii B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
• Lamourouxia ovata M.Martens & Galeotti
• Lamourouxia paneroi B.L.Turner
• Lamourouxia parayana W.R.Ernst
• Lamourouxia pringlei B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
• Lamourouxia rhinanthifolia Kunth
• Lamourouxia smithii B.L.Rob. & Greenm.
• Lamourouxia sylvatica Kunth
• Lamourouxia tenuifolia M.Martens & Galeotti
• Lamourouxia virgata Kunth
• Lamourouxia viscosa Kunth
• Lamourouxia xalapensis Kunth
• Lamourouxia zimapana B.L.Turner