Abronia ameliae

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Nyctaginaceae
Tribus: Nyctagineae
Genus: Abronia
Species: Abronia ameliae
Name

Abronia ameliae Lundell. 1945
Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental:Northern America
Regional: Southern Central USA
Texas

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

Lundell, 1945. Wrightia; a Botanical Journal. Dallas, TX 1:54.

Additional references

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Abronia ameliae in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 July 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Abronia ameliae. Published online. Accessed: July 29 2024. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Abronia ameliae. 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. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 July 29. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Abronia ameliae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 July 2024.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Abronia ameliae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
English: Heart's Delight, Amelia's Sand Verbena

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.[2] It inhabits grasslands in the deep sands of the Holocene sand sheet,[3] which is part of the Tamaulipan mezquital.[4] This species was named for Amelia Anderson Lundell, wife of Cyrus Longworth Lundell.[5]
References

"NatureServe Explorer - Abronia ameliae". NatureServe Explorer Abronia ameliae. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
"Abronia ameliae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
"Abronia ameliae Lundell" (PDF). The Nature Conservancy in Texas. The Nature Conservancy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-04. 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. Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
Wrightia 1(1): 54–55. 1945. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/764029#page/72/mode/1up