Tidestromia

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Tidestromia
Tidestromia lanuginosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Tidestromia
Standl.
Species

6 or 7

Tidestromia is a genus with about six or seven species of annual or subshrub perennial plants native to desert and semi-arid regions of the western United States, Mexico and tropical America in the family Amaranthaceae. A common name of some species is honeysweet. The stems are reddish and contrast conspicuously with the silvery leaves. This genus is named for the botanist Ivar Tidestrom.[1][2]

Species include:[3]

  • Tidestromia carnosa - fleshy honeysweet
  • Tidestromia gemmata - TransPecos honeysweet
  • Tidestromia lanuginosa - woolly tidestromia
  • Tidestromia oblongifolia - Arizona honeysweet
  • Tidestromia suffruticosa - shrubby honeysweet

Notes

References

  • Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L.; Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press.  ISBN 0-89672-614-2


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