Abronia ameliae
| Abronia ameliae | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. ameliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Abronia ameliae Lundell, 1945[1] | |
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 Lundell". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2008-03-20. 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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