Porlieria

Porlieria
Porlieria chilensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Zygophyllales
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Subfamily: Larreoideae
Genus: Porlieria
Ruiz & Pav.[1]
Species

Porlieria chilensis
Porlieria microphylla

Porlieria s a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae.[1] Species within this genus are shrubs or small trees of dry subtropical regions.[2] The generic name honours Spanish ambassador Don Antonio Porlier de Baxamar.[3]

Contents

Selected species

Formerly placed here

References

  1. ^ a b "Genus: Porlieria Ruiz & Pav.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004-06-18. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?9766. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 
  2. ^ Record, Samuel James; Clayton Dissinger Mell (1924). Timbers of Tropical America. Yale University Press. 
  3. ^ Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. 3: M-Q. p. 2151. ISBN 9780849326738. http://books.google.com/books?id=kaN-hLL-3qEC. 
  4. ^ a b "GRIN Species Records of Porlieria". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?9766. Retrieved 2010-09-19. 

External links

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