Crossosomataceae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Crossosomataceae
Genera: Apacheria – Crossosoma – Glossopetalon – Velascoa

Name

Crossosomataceae Engl., (1897)

Type genus: Crossosoma Nutt., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 7 (-8). (1848)

References

Engler, H.G.A., 1897. Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, Nachträge zum II bis IV Teil 1: 185.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Crossosomataceae in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 July 10. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. Crossosomataceae. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 July 10. Reference page.
Stevens, P.F. 2001 onwards. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 14, July 2017 [and more or less continuously updated since]. Online. Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 缨子木科

Crossosomataceae is a small plant family, consisting of three genera of shrubs found only in the dry parts of the American southwest and Mexico. This family includes four genera and ten known species.[2] The shrub like plant can vary from being 50 cm to 5 meters tall with small alternating leaves that surround the stem vastly or in small spurts. The Crossosomataceae consists of usually white flowers that are generally bisexual and have 5 petals attached to a nectary disk.[3]
Genera

Apacheria - one species, cliff brittlebush, Apacheria chiricahuensis
Crossosoma - crossosoma (3 species, including C. bigelovii and C. californicum)
Glossopetalon - glossopetalon (5 species)
Velascoa - one species

References

Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 161 (2): 105–121. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x.
Christenhusz, M. J. M. & Byng, J. W. (2016). "The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase". Phytotaxa. 261 (3): 201–217. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1.
Richardson, P. (1970). Morphology of the Crossosomataceae. I. Leaf, Stem and Node. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 97(1), 34-39. doi:10.2307/2483988