Tidestromia | |
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Tidestromia lanuginosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Subfamily: | Gomphrenoideae |
Genus: | Tidestromia Standl. |
Species | |
6 or 7 |
Tidestromia is a genus with about six or seven species of annual or subshrub perennial plants native to desert and semi-arid regions of the western United States, Mexico and tropical America in the family Amaranthaceae. A common name of some species is honeysweet. The stems are reddish and contrast conspicuously with the silvery leaves. This genus is named for the botanist Ivar Tidestrom.
Species include:
- Tidestromia carnosa - fleshy honeysweet
- Tidestromia gemmata - TransPecos honeysweet
- Tidestromia lanuginosa - woolly tidestromia
- Tidestromia oblongifolia - Arizona honeysweet
- Tidestromia suffruticosa - shrubby honeysweet
Notes
- NRCS. "Tidestromia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 10 December 2015.
- Flora of North America
- Jepson Manual: Tidestromia
- Tidestomia. USDA PLANTS Profile.
References
- Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L.; Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2
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