Cressa (plant)

Cressa
	Cressa truxillensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Convolvulaceae
Tribe:	Cresseae
Genus:	Cressa; L.
Type species
	Cressa cretica;
Species
	See text

Cressa is a genus of plants in the morning glory family known generally as alkaliweeds. These plants are native to the tropical and subtropical areas of the world. They are clumpy and low-growing but usually have erect stems covered white-haired, green leaves. They produce tiny white flowers about half a centimeter across.

There are four species recognised in the genus Cressa:^[2]

Sources

^ ^a ^b In: Species Plantarum 1: 223. 1753. "Name - Cressa L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 15, 2010.
^ Austin, D. F. (2000). A revision of Cressa L.(Convolvulaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133(1), 27-39.

External links

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[trop1-1] In: Species Plantarum 1: 223. 1753. "Name - Cressa L." Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved February 15, 2010.

[au-2] Austin, D. F. (2000). A revision of Cressa L.(Convolvulaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 133(1), 27-39.

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