Emorya

Torrey in W. H. Emory

Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 121, plate 36. 1859.

Common names: Emory bush
Etymology: For William Hemsley Emory, 1811–1877, commander of Texas-Mexico boundary survey
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 17. Treatment on page 326. Mentioned on page 324, 325, 328.
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FNA17 P36 Emorya suaveolens.jpegBuddleja marrubiifolia
Buddleja scordioides
Emorya suaveolens
Linny Heagy
Linny Heagy
Linny Heagy

Shrubs; stolons absent. Stems erect, appressed-tomentulose. Leaves persistent, cauline, opposite, decussate; stipules present; petiole present; blade not fleshy, subleathery or thinner, margins sinuate-dentate. Inflorescences terminal or subterminal, thyrselike; bracts present. Pedicels present; bracteoles present. Flowers bisexual; sepals 4, calyx radially symmetric, tubular, lobes linear-subulate; petals 4, corolla yellow or greenish yellow, radially symmetric, long-tubular, 5–6 times tube diam., abaxial lobes 2, adaxial 2; stamens 4, adnate to sinus or medially in tube, equal, filaments glabrous, staminode 0; ovary 2-locular, placentation axile; stigma subglobose. Fruits capsules, narrowly ovoid, dehiscence septicidal for 1/2 their lengths, loculicidal distally. Seeds 100–150, yellowish-brown, lingulate, wings present. x = 19.

Distribution

Tex., n Mexico

Discussion

Species 2 (1 in the flora).

Emorya rinconensis Mayfield [Buddleja rinconensis (Mayfield) J. H. Chau] is endemic to Coahuila, Mexico.

Lower Taxa

"thinner" is not a number."-6timestubediam" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

... more about "Emorya"
Eliane Meyer Norman +
Torrey in W. H. Emory +
subleathery +  and not fleshy +
tubular +
decussate;opposite +
Emory bush +
bilabiate +, regular +  and symmetric +
greenish yellow +  and yellow +
long-tubular +
Tex. +  and n Mexico +
curved +  and straight +
not +  and abundant +
For William Hemsley Emory, 1811–1877, commander of Texas-Mexico boundary survey +
loculicidal +  and septicidal +
subterminal +  and terminal +
alternate +  and opposite +
persistent +
cauline +  and basal +
linear-subulate +
entire +  and subentire undulate toothed lobed divided or incised +
tenuinucellate +, unitegmic +  and hemitropous +
Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. +
norman1968a +
yellowish-brown +
lingulate +
connate +  and distinct +
appressed-tomentulose +
subglobose +
Scrophulariaceae +
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +