Biology:Tidestromia
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Short description: Family of shrubs
| Tidestromia | |
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| Tidestromia lanuginosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Gomphrenoideae |
| Genus: | Tidestromia Standl. |
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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.[1] The stems are reddish and contrast conspicuously with the silvery leaves. This genus is named for the botanist Ivar Tidestrom.[2][3]
Species include:[4]
- Tidestromia carnosa - fleshy honeysweet
- Tidestromia gemmata - TransPecos honeysweet
- Tidestromia lanuginosa - woolly tidestromia
- Tidestromia oblongifolia - Arizona honeysweet
- Tidestromia suffruticosa - shrubby honeysweet
Notes
- ↑ "Tidestromia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TIDES. 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
Wikidata ☰ Q7800866 entry
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