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Amoreuxia
Sign in to saveAmoreuxia is a genus of flowering plants in the achiote family, Bixaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Cochlospermaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as yellowshow. They are native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Curaçao, and the southwestern United States.
Species
Wright's Yellowshow
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMalvales
- FamilyCochlospermaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 37
- With media
- 31
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Collections
- CAS, RSA, IBUNAM, TEX, LL, MICH
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico
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- taxon name
- Amoreuxia
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Cochlospermum
- taxon common name
- yellowshow
- topic's main category
- Category:Amoreuxia
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Amoreuxia is a genus of flowering plants in the achiote family, Bixaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Cochlospermaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as yellowshow. They are native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Curaçao, and the southwestern United States. Species 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==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amoreuxia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.