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Isoplexis
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Isoplexis

Isoplexis is a section of 4 species of flowering plants within the genus Digitalis in the plantain family Plantaginaceae. The species of section Isoplexis differ from other plants in the genus Digitalis in that their monosymmetric (sometimes called zygomorphic) flowers have a distinctive large upper lip rather than large lower lip and the species are endemic to the Canary Islands (the species D. canariensis, D. chalcantha, and D. isabelliana) and Madeira (D. sceptrum).

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4 branches of this group, most-observed first

Canary Island Foxglove

speciesDigitalis canariensis

Madeira foxglove

speciesDigitalis sceptrum

Digitalis chalcantha

speciesDigitalis chalcantha

Digitalis isabelliana

speciesDigitalis isabelliana

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Isoplexis in Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 3 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 3 (1686)

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.56

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 743343.