Laubertia contorta (M. Martens & Galeotti) Woodson

Laubertia contorta (Mart. & Gal.) Woodson
Haemadictyon contortum Mart. & Gal. Bull. Acad. Brux. 11^: 360. 1844. Exothostemon contortum Miers, Apoc. S. Am. 241. 1878. Prestonia contorta Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 2: 311. 1881. Streptotrachelus Pringlei Greenman, Proc. Am. Acad. 32: 298. 1897. Prestonia Langlassei Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 23: 1159. 1924. Laubertia Pringlei Woodson, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 18: 555. 1931.
Fruticose or suffruticose liana; leaves membranaceous, broadly ovate-elliptic to oblongelliptic, 5-10 cm. long, 2.5-5 cm. broad, shortly acuminate, rounded to very obscurely cordate at the base, very minutely and rather sparsely puberulent to essentially glabrate on both sides, the petioles 15-30 mm. long; inflorescence simple or essentially so, about equaling or somewhat shorter than the subtending leaves, bearing several reddish or greenish-purple flowers ; pedicels 10-15 mm. long, minutely appressed-puberulent; calyx-lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3-4.5 mm. long, minutely hirtellous externally, somewhat foliaceous; corolla salverform, minutely ferruginous-pub erulent externally, the tube 20-23 mm. long, spirally contorted near the middle below the insertion of the stamens, about 3 mm. in diameter at the base, the lobes rather broadly dolabriform, 7-8 mm. long, reflexed; stamens inserted somewhat above the middle of the corollatube, the anthers minutely hirtellous dorsally, slightly exserted; nectaries somewhat shorter than the ovary; follicles slender, rather distantly moniliform, finely ferruginous-hir tellous .
Typb locauTy: Zacatepec, Oaxaca. Distribution: Sinaloa, Morelos, and Oaxaca.

Laubertia contorta là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ La bố ma. Loài này được (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1938.