Biology:Tripterocalyx
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
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| Tripterocalyx carneus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
- Tripterocalyx carneus – winged sandpuffs
- Tripterocalyx crux-maltae – Kellogg's sand-verbena[3]
- Tripterocalyx micranthus – small-flowered sand-verbena[4]
- Tripterocalyx wootonii (sometimes treated as a variety of T. carneus) – Wooton's sandpuffs[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flora of North America
- ↑ "Tripterocalyx". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=TRIPT. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tripterocalyx crux-maltae". https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=47317.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tripterocalyx micranthus". https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=47318.
- ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Tripterocalyx wootonii". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=522925#null.
Wikidata ☰ Q7843783 entry
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