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Chilopsis
Sign in to saveChilopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Chilopsis linearis. It is known commonly as desert willow or desert-willow because of its willow-like leaves, but it is not a true willow being instead a member of the catalpa family.
Species
Genus
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyChlopsidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 52
- With media
- 40
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Collections
- INECOL, UCMP, BRIT, USNM, MADUG-UG, RSA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States, Peru, Brazil
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Chilopsis is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Chilopsis linearis. It is known commonly as desert willow or desert-willow because of its willow-like leaves, but it is not a true willow being instead a member of the catalpa family.
It is a shrub or tree native to the southwestern United States and Mexico. It is commonly seen in washes and along riverbanks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chilopsis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.