Abronieae
(Tribe)Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Spermatophytina
(auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
- Infraphylum: Angiospermae
auct.
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Caryophyllanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Caryophyllales
Perleb, 1826
- Suborder: Phytolaccineae
- Family: Nyctaginaceae
(nyk-taj-i-NAY-see-ay)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons. - Four O'clock Family
- Tribe: Abronieae
- Family: Nyctaginaceae
(nyk-taj-i-NAY-see-ay)
A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons. - Four O'clock Family
- Suborder: Phytolaccineae
- Order: Caryophyllales
Perleb, 1826
- Superorder: Caryophyllanae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Magnoliopsida
Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
- Infraphylum: Angiospermae
auct.
- Subphylum: Spermatophytina
(auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Seed Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
The Tribe Abronieae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (1): Abronia
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 75 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Abronieae.
Genera
Abronia
Herbs, annual or perennial, sometimes cespitose or appearing acaulescent, usually viscid-pubescent, from slender to stout taproot (extensively rhizomatous in Abronia bolackii). Stems prostrate to erect, unarmed, without glutinous bands on internodes. Leaves usually basal and cauline (all basal in A. bigelovii and A. nana), unequal in each pair, petiolate; blade ± thick and succulent, base usually asymmetric. Inflorescences axillary (appearing scapose in A. bigelovii and A. nana), pedunculate, capitate clusters, with peripheral flowers usually opening first; receptacle slightly rounded to conic, without pedicel-like projections; bracts persistent, not accrescent, 5-10, distinct, forming involucre, lanceolate to broadly ovate, thinly papery or scarious, translucent, occasionally thin and green. Flowers bisexual, chasmogamous; perianth radially symmetric, funnelform or salverform, constricted distal to ovary, abruptly expanded to 5-lobed limb; stamens 5-9, included; styles included; stigmas linear. Fruits winged or not, usually fusiform or turbinate, in profile rhombic, cordate, or obdeltate, coriaceous, glabrate to viscid puberulent; wings 2-5, opaque, subtly veined, not or only slightly extending beyond apex or base of body, distal margins sometimes dilated and flattened, broader than lamina, interior hollow, forming cavity, or filled with spongy tissue; sulci smooth or slightly rugose.[1] [more]
At least 134 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Abronia.
More info about the Genus Abronia may be found here.
Bibliography
- Galloway, L. A. 1975. Systematics of North American desert species of Abronia and Tripterocalyx. Brittonia 27: 328-347.
- Tillett, S. S. 1967. The maritime species of Abronia (Nyctaginaceae). Brittonia 19: 299-327.
Footnotes
- Leo A. Galloway "Abronia". in Flora of North America Vol. 4 Page 16, 61. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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