Amoreuxia

yellowshow
Amoreuxia gonzalezii fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Bixaceae
Genus: Amoreuxia
Moc. & Sessé ex DC[1]
Synonyms[2]

Euryanthe Cham. & Schltdl.

Amoreuxia is a genus of flowering plants in the achiote family, Bixaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Cochlospermaceae.[1] Members of the genus are commonly known as yellowshow.[3] They are native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Curaçao, and the southwestern United States.[2][4][5][6]

Species[2][3][7]
  1. Amoreuxia gonzalezii Sprague & L.Riley Santa Rita Mountain Yellowshow - Sonora, Sinaloa, Jalisco, southern Arizona
  2. Amoreuxia malvifolia A.Gray - Chihuahua, Durango
  3. Amoreuxia palmatifida Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Mexican Yellowshow - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Arizona, New Mexico
  4. Amoreuxia wrightii A.Gray Wright's Yellowshow - Curaçao, Peru, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Campeche, Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Texas

References

  1. 1 2 "Genus: Amoreuxia DC.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-01-29. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  2. 1 2 3 http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=8044
  3. 1 2 "Amoreuxia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  4. Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326
  5. Poppendieck, H. 1981. Cochlospermaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 27: 1–34.
  6. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson
  7. "GRIN Species Records of Amoreuxia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-12-30.

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