Galvezia

Taxobox
name = "Galvezia"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Galvezia speciosa"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Plantaginaceae
genus = "Galvezia"
genus_authority = Dombey ex Juss
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Galvezia" is a genus of perennial plants which are native to western North America, western South America and the Galapagos Islands.The genus is currently placed in the family Plantaginaceae, having been formerly classified under Scrophulariaceae. It is named in honour of José de Gálvez, a colonial official in New Spain during the1700s.

Species include:
*"Galvezia ballii" Munz, native to Peru
*"Galvezia fruticosa" J.F. Gmel., native to Ecuador and Peru
*"Galvezia glabrata" Brandagee, native to Mexico
*"Galvezia juncea" (Benth.) A. Gray, native to Mexico
*"Galvezia lanceolata" Pennell, native to Ecuador
*"Galvezia leucantha" Wiggins, native to Ecuador and the Galapogos Islands
*"Galvezia limensis" (Dombey ex Chav.) Dombey & Benth., native to Peru
*"Galvezia speciosa" (Nutt.) A. Gray (syn. "Gambelia speciosa" (Nutt.), commonly known as Showy Island Snapdragon and native to the Channel Islands of California in California and Guadalupe Island, Mexico.

References

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7177,7338,7339 Treatment from the Jepson Manual: "Galvezia speciosa" (Nutt.) A. Gray]
* [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html Missouri Botanical Gardens - VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database]