- Source: Tidestromia
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.
Species include:
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
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Amaranthaceae
- Tidestromia
- Tidestromia suffruticosa
- Tidestromia lanuginosa
- Gomphrenoideae
- Amaranthaceae
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- Ivar Tidestrom
