Kallstroemia
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Genus of plants
| Kallstroemia | |
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| Kallstroemia grandiflora | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Zygophyllales |
| Family: | Zygophyllaceae |
| Subfamily: | Tribuloideae |
| Genus: | Kallstroemia Scop. |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Ehrenbergia Mart.[1] | |
Kallstroemia is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The approximately 17 species[2] it contains are native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Americas. The flower and fruit morphology is similar to Tribulus . The convex fruits separate into about 10 nutlets each with one seed. The genus is named after A. Kallstroem who lived in the 18th century.
Selected species
[edit ]- Kallstroemia californica (S.Watson) Vail – California caltrop
- Kallstroemia grandiflora Torr. ex A.Gray – Arizona poppy
- Kallstroemia hirsutissima Vail ex Small – Hairy caltrop
- Kallstroemia maxima (L.) Hook. & Arn. – Big caltrop
- Kallstroemia parviflora Norton – Warty caltrop[3]
- Kallstroemia perennans B.L. Turner – Perennial caltrop
- Kallstroemia pubescens (G.Don) Dandy – Caribbean caltrop[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Genus: Kallstroemia Scop". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2004年06月18日. Retrieved 2010年10月13日.
- ^ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Kallstroemia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010年10月13日.
- ^ "Kallstroemia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2010年10月13日.
Further reading
[edit ]- USDA Plants Profile: North American Species
- Kearny, T. H., R. H. Peebles et al. (1960) Arizona Flora. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. ISBN 0-520-00637-2
- Kallstroemia pubescens in West African plants – A Photo Guide.
External links
[edit ]- Data related to Kallstroemia at Wikispecies
- Media related to Kallstroemia at Wikimedia Commons
