Cressa (genus)

Cressa
Cressa truxillensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Cressa
L.[1]
Type species
Cressa cretica[1]
Species

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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.

Selected species

Cressa aphylla A.Heller
Cressa arabica Forssk.
Cressa australis R.Br.
Cressa ballii Batt.
Cressa cretica L.
Cressa depressa Goodd.
Cressa intermedia T.Anderson
Cressa loscosii Trémols
Cressa multiflora Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.
Cressa nudicaulis Griseb.
Cressa truxillensis Kunth

List sources : [2][3][4]

Sources

  1. ^ a b In: Species Plantarum 1: 223. 1753. "Name - Cressa L.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016484. Retrieved February 15, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Name - Cressa L. subordinate taxa". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/NameSubordinateTaxa.aspx?nameid=40016484. Retrieved February 15, 2010. 
  3. ^ "Query Results for Genus Genus". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/advPlantNameSearch.do?find_genus=Cressa&find_rankToReturn=spec&output_format=normal&query_type=by_query&back_page=plantsearch. Retrieved February 15, 2010. 
  4. ^ GRIN. "Species in GRIN for genus Cressa". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?3070. Retrieved February 15, 2010. 

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