Amoreuxia

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]
  1. Amoreuxia gonzalezii Sprague & L.Riley – Santa Rita Mountain yellowshow - Sonora, Sinaloa, Jalisco, southern Arizona
  2. Amoreuxia malvifolia A.Gray - Chihuahua, Durango
  3. Amoreuxia palmatifida Moc. & Sessé ex DC. – Mexican yellowshow - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Arizona, New Mexico
  4. Amoreuxia wrightii A.Gray – Wright's yellowshow - Curaçao, Peru, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Campeche, Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Texas

Amoreuxia
Amoreuxia gonzalezii fruits
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Bixaceae
Genus: Amoreuxia
Moc. & Sessé ex DC[1]
Synonyms[2]

Euryanthe Cham. & Schltdl.

References
  1. "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.
  2. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=8044
  3. "Amoreuxia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2011-12-30.
  4. 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
  5. Poppendieck, H. 1981. Cochlospermaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 27: 1–34.
  6. 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
  7. "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.


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