Amoreuxia
yellowshow | |
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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]
- Amoreuxia gonzalezii Sprague & L.Riley – Santa Rita Mountain Yellowshow - Sonora, Sinaloa, Jalisco, southern Arizona
- Amoreuxia malvifolia A.Gray - Chihuahua, Durango
- Amoreuxia palmatifida Moc. & Sessé ex DC. – Mexican Yellowshow - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Arizona, New Mexico
- 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 2 "Genus: Amoreuxia DC.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-01-29. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- 1 2 3 http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=8044
- 1 2 "Amoreuxia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Poppendieck, H. 1981. Cochlospermaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 27: 1–34.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Amoreuxia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
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