Tripterocalyx

Tripterocalyx
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nyctaginaceae
Genus:	Tripterocalyx; (Torr.) Hook.
Species
	4, see text

Tripterocalyx is a small genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock family. 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 is a common name for plants in this genus.^[2]

Species

Tripterocalyx carneus - winged sandpuffs
Tripterocalyx crux-maltae - Lassen sand-verbena
Tripterocalyx micranthus - smallflower sand-verbena
Tripterocalyx wootonii (sometimes treated as a variety of T. carneus) - Wooton's sandpuffs

References

^ Flora of North America
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tripterocalyx". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment

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[1] Flora of North America

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tripterocalyx". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

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