Petalonyx

Petalonyx nitidus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cornales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Cornales

Familia: Loasaceae
Genus:
Species: P. crenatus – P. linearis – P. nitidus – P. thurberi

Name

Petalonyx A.Gray, Pl. Nov. Thurb. 319. (1854)

  • Type species: Petalonyx thurberi A.Gray, Pl. Nov. Thurb. 319 (1854)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southern Central USA
      • Arizona, Nevada, Utah
    • Regional: Southwestern USA
      • California
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Gray, A. 1854. Plantae Novae Thurberianae: the characters of some new genera and species of plants in a collection made by George Thurber, of the late Mexican Bounday Commission, chiefly in New Mexico and Sonora 328 pp. .Cambridge, Mass.. BHL Reference page. : 319.

Vernacular names

  • مصرى: بيتالونيكس
  • English: sandpaper plants
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