Malperia

Malperia is a North American plant genus in the boneset tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]

brown turbans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Eupatorieae[1]
Genus:
Malperia

Species:
M. tenuis
Binomial name
Malperia tenuis
Synonyms[1]

Hofmeisteria tenuis (S.Wats.) I.M.Johnst.

There is only one known species, Malperia tenuis. This plant's common name is brown turbans or brownturbans. It is a rare plant native to the Sonoran Desert of the U.S. state of California (Imperial and San Diego Counties) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur). This is a small annual with white or pinkish bell-shaped flowers.[4][5][1][6][7][8]

The name Malperia is based on an anagram of the last name of botanist Edward Palmer.[4][5]

References
  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-12-18 at archive.today
  2. Watson, Sereno. 1889. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 24: 54 in English
  3. Tropicos, Malperia S. Watson
  4. "Malperia S. Watson". Flora of North America.
  5. Jepson Manual Treatment
  6. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  7. Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272
  8. Calflora
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