Asarina
Asarina is a flowering plant genus of only one species, Asarina procumbens, the trailing snapdragon, which is native to southern Europe. Originally placed in the Scrophulariaceae, the genus has more recently been moved to the Plantaginaceae. Species from North America formerly placed in the genus Asarina are now placed in Holmgrenanthe, Lophospermum, Mabrya and Maurandya, as well as Neogaerrhinum. Asarina is now regarded as exclusively an Old World genus.Species
At one time placed in Asarina:
- Asarina acerifolia Pennell = Mabrya acerifolia Elisens
- Asarina antirrhinifolia Pennell = Maurandya antirrhinifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
- Asarina barclayana Pennell = Maurandya barclayana Lindl.
- Asarina erubescens Pennell = Lophospermum erubescens D.Don
- Asarina filipes Pennell = Neogaerrhinum filipes Rothm.
- Asarina flaviflora Pennell = Mabrya flaviflora D.A.Sutton
- Asarina geniculata Pennell = Mabrya geniculata Elisens
- Asarina hirsuta Pennell = Mabrya erecta Elisens
- Asarina lophospermum Pennell = Lophospermum scandens D.Don
- Asarina petrophila Pennell = Holmgrenanthe petrophila Elisens
- Asarina purpusii Pennell = Lophospermum purpusii Rothm.
- Asarina rosei Pennell = Mabrya rosei Elisens
- Asarina scandens Pennell = Maurandya scandens Pers.
- Asarina stricta Pennell = Neogaerrhinum strictum Rothm.
- Asarina wislizeni Pennell = Maurandya wislizeni Engelm. ex A.Gray
