Cuphea ramulosa

Description

Cuphea ramulosa is a torch flower species described by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius and Emil Bernhard Koehne. Cuphea ramulosa is included in the genus blossoms , and the family torch flowers. No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life. Cuphea is a genus containing about 260 species of annual and perennial flowering plants native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas. The species range from low-growing herbaceous plants to semi-woody shrubs up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) tall. Commonly they are known as cupheas, or, in the case of some species, as cigar plants. The generic name is derived from the Greek word ----- (kyphos), meaning "bent," "curved," or "humped. Botanist Shirley A. Graham, currently of the Missouri Botanical Garden, has published widely on the genus. Among Graham's Cuphea contributions are two volumes in the series Systematic Botany Monographs.