Tripterocalyx
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Tribe: | Nyctagineae |
| Genus: | Tripterocalyx (Torr.) Hook. |
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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
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