Kallstroemia

Kallstroemia

Taxobox
name = "Kallstroemia"


image_width = 230px
image_caption = "Kallstroemia grandiflora"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Zygophyllales
familia = Zygophyllaceae
genus = "Kallstroemia"
genus_authority= Scop.

"Kallstroemia" is a genus of plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, the caltrop family, with about 17 species. [ [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7869,7873 Jepson Manual Treatment] ] They are native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Americas. The flower and fruit morphology is similar to "Tribulus". The convex fruits separate into about 10 nutlets each with one seed. The genus is named after A. Kallstroem who lived in the 18th century.

Species include:
*"Kallstroemia californica" - California caltrop
*"Kallstroemia grandiflora" - Arizona poppy
*"Kallstroemia hirsutissima" - hairy caltrop
*"Kallstroemia maxima" - big caltrop
*"Kallstroemia parviflora" - warty caltrop
*"Kallstroemia perennans" - perennial caltrop
*"Kallstroemia pubescens" - Caribbean caltrop

References

* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=KALLS USDA Plants Profile: North American Species]
*Kearny, T. H., R. H. Peebles et al. (1960) "Arizona Flora". University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. ISBN 0-520-00637-2


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