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

GENUS

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyAmaranthaceae

Habitatmarine, brackish

Native toArizona, California, Colorado, Dominican Republic, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico

Tidestromia es un género de plantas con flores con siete especies de arbustos anuales o perennes nativo del desierto o regiones semiáridas del oeste de EE. UU., México y América tropical. Sus tallos son rojizos en contraste con sus hojas plateadas.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 57
With media: 48
Family: Amaranthaceae
Collections: IBUNAM, USF, RSA, MO, TTC, BRY
Recorded in: Mexico, United States, Estados Unidos De America

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Gomphrenoideae
Image: Tidestromia lanuginosa.jpg

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taxon name: Tidestromia
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Tidestromia
GRIN URL: npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomygenus.aspx?id=12146
topic's main category: Category:Tidestromia
taxon common name: honeysweet

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Species include: Tidestromia carnosa - fleshy honeysweet Tidestromia gemmata - TransPecos honeysweet Tidestromia lanuginosa - woolly tidestromia Tidestromia oblongifolia - Arizona honeysweet Tidestromia suffruticosa - shrubby honeysweet

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