Amoreuxia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Bixaceae
Genus: Amoreuxia
Species: A. gonzalezii – A. malvifolia – A. palmatifida – A. wrightii

Name

Amoreuxia DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 2: 638. (1825)

Type species: Amoreuxia palmatifida DC.

Homonyms

Amoreuxia Moq., (1826), nom. illeg.

References

De Candolle, A.P. 1825. Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 2: Sistens Calyciflorarum ordines X. 644 pp. Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Reference page. : 638
Hassler, M. 2018. Amoreuxia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Amoreuxia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 21 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Amoreuxia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 21.
Tropicos.org 2018. Amoreuxia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Nov. 21.

Amoreuxia is a genus of flowering plants in the achiote family, Bixaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Cochlospermaceae.[1] Members of the genus are commonly known as yellowshow.[3] They are native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Curaçao, and the southwestern United States.[2][4][5][6]

Species[2][3][7]

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

"Genus: Amoreuxia DC". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2005-01-29. Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=8044
"Amoreuxia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326
Poppendieck, H. 1981. Cochlospermaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 27: 1–34.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson
"GRIN Species Records of Amoreuxia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2011-12-30.