Tidestromia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Amaranthaceae s.l.
Cladus: Amaranthaceae s.str.
Subfamilia: Gomphrenoideae
Genus: Tidestromia

Species: T. carnosa – T. eliassoniana – T. gemmata – T. lanuginosa – T. rhizomatosa – T. suffruticosa – T. tenella – T. valdesiana
Name

Tidestromia Standl., J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 6: 70. 1916, nom. nov.

Type species: Tidestromia lanuginosa (Nutt.) Standl.

Eponymy

named in honor of Ivar Tidestrøm.

Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Cladothrix (Moq.) Nutt. ex Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. [Bentham & Hooker f.] 3(1): 37. 1880, nom. illeg. (later homonym of Cladothrix F.Cohn, 1875, bacteria)
intended type: Achyranthes lanuginosa Nutt.
Homotypic
Alternanthera sect. Cladothrix Moq., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 13(2): 359. 1849

References
Primary references

Standley, P.C. 1916. Tidestromia, a new generic name. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 6(3): 69–70. BHL Reference page. : 70
Bentham, G. & Hooker, J.D. 1880. Genera Plantarum ad exemplaria imprimis in herbariis Kewensibus servata definita. Vol. 3, pars 1, sistens Dicotyledonum Monochlamydearum ordines XXXVI (Nyctagnieas – Ceratophylleas) et Gymnospermearum ordines III (Gnetaceas – Cycadaceas). A. Black, 459 pp. Londini [London]. BHL Reference page. : 37
Moquin-Tandon, A. 1849. Amarantaceae. In: De Candolle, A.P. (ed.): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis 13(2): 231–424. Masson, Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 359

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Tidestromia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 16. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2019. Tidestromia. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 16. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Tidestromia. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 16 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Tidestromia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Sept. 16.

Vernacular names
English: Honeysweet

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.[1] The stems are reddish and contrast conspicuously with the silvery leaves. This genus is named for the botanist Ivar Tidestrom.[2][3]

Species include:[4]

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

Notes

"Tidestromia". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
Flora of North America
Jepson Manual: Tidestromia

Tidestomia. USDA PLANTS Profile.

References

Everitt, J.H.; Lonard, R.L.; Little, C.R. (2007). Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press. ISBN 0-89672-614-2