Abronia ameliae
Abronia ameliae | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
Genus: | Abronia |
Species: | A. ameliae |
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Abronia ameliae | |
Abronia ameliae, commonly known as Amelia's sand verbena or heart’s delight, is a species of flowering plant in the Four O'clock family, Nyctaginaceae, that is endemic to southern Texas in the United States.[1] It inhabits grasslands in the deep sands of the Holocene sand sheet,[2] which is part of the Tamaulipan mezquital.[3]
References
- 1 2 "Abronia ameliae". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ↑ "Abronia ameliae Lundell" (PDF). The Nature Conservancy in Texas. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ↑ Carr, Bill (August 2005). "Amelia's sand-verbena (Abronia ameliae)". Rare Plants of the Tamaulipan Thornscrub Ecoregion of Texas. Association of Biodiversity Information - Southwest. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
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