Glossopetalon

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Crossosomatales

Familia: Crossosomataceae
Genus: Glossopetalon
Species: G. clokeyi – G. pungens – G. spinescens – G. texense
Name

Glossopetalon A.Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 29–30, pl. 12, f. B. 1853.

Type species: Glossopetalon spinescens A. Gray.

References

Gray, A., 1853. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 5(6): 29–30, pl. 12, f. B.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Glossopetalon. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 21. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Glossopetalon. Published online. Accessed: Dec 21 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Glossopetalon in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 21. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2019. Glossopetalon. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 Dec 21.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Glossopetalon in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
English: greasebush

Glossopetalon is a small genus of shrubs in the plant family Crossosomataceae. These plants are sometimes called greasebushes. They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they can be found on dry mountain slopes. These are small shrubs with thorny, tangling branches and white flowers. It continues to be the subject of a dispute about whether its proper name is Forsellesia or Glossopetalon.[1]

Species include:

Glossopetalon clokeyi - Clokey's greasebush
Glossopetalon pungens - dwarf greasebush
Glossopetalon spinescens - spiny greasebush
Glossopetalon spinescens var. planitierum - plains greasebush (syn. Glossopetalon planitierum) [2]
Glossopetalon texense - Texas greasebush

References

Victoria Sosa. "Crossosomataceae" In: Klaus Kubitzki (ed.) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.IX. Springer-Verlag: Berlin,Heidelberg (2007).
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