Tidestromia
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| Tidestromia | |
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| Tidestromia lanuginosa | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Tidestromia Standl. |
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Tidestromia is a genus with about 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.[1][2][3]
Species include:
- Tidestromia carnosa - Fleshy Honeysweet
- Tidestromia gemmata - TransPecos Honeysweet
- Tidestromia lanuginosa - Woolly Tidestromia
- Tidestromia oblongifolia - Arizona Honeysweet
- Tidestromia suffruticosa - Shrubby Honeysweet
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[edit] 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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