Malperia Explained

Malperia is a North American plant genus in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]}

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.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

The name Malperia is based on an anagram of the last name of botanist Edward Palmer.^{[3] [4]}

External links

• USDA Plants Profile
• Wayne's Word, Malperia Ridge & Alma Canyon, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park photos

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3059146#page/68/mode/1up Watson, Sereno. 1889. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 24: 54
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40012877 Tropicos, Malperia S. Watson
3. Web site: Malperia S. Watson . Flora of North America.
4. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1620,1621 Jepson Manual Treatment
5. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Malperia%20tenuis.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
6. 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
7. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5349 Calflora