Biology:Tripterocalyx

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Tripterocalyx
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Tripterocalyx carneus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Tribe: Nyctagineae
Genus: Tripterocalyx
(Torr.) Hook.

Tripterocalyx is a small genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock family, Nyctaginaceae. It contains four species formerly included in the closely related genus Abronia, the sand-verbenas.[1] These plants are native to North America, especially the dry desert southwest of the United States. They bloom in heads of several colorful trumpet-shaped flowers. Sandpuffs or sand-verbenas are common names for plants in this genus.[2][3][4]

Species

There are four species in the genus Tripterocalyx:[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7843783 entry