Tidestromia
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Tidestromia is a genus with about 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:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae
The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 176 genera and 2,400 species.- Description :Most of these species are herbs or subshrubs; very few are trees or climbers. Some species are succulent....
. 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 lanuginosaTidestromia lanuginosaTidestromia lanuginosa is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family known by the common name woolly tidestromia. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern to central Mexico, where it grows in many types of habitat, including desert canyons and woodlands, riparian zones,...
- Woolly Tidestromia - Tidestromia oblongifolia - Arizona Honeysweet
- Tidestromia suffruticosa - Shrubby Honeysweet