Peteria

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fabales

Familia: Fabaceae
Subfamilia: Faboideae
Tribus: Robinieae
Genus: Peteria
Species: P. glandulosa – P. pinetorum – P. scoparia – P. thomsonae
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Peteria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 29. Reference page.

Name

Peteria A.Gray, 1852

Type species: Peteria scoparia A. Gray.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Arizona, California, Idaho, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah

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

Gray, A., 1852. Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 50

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Peteria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Peteria. Published online. Accessed: May 29 2021. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Peteria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 May 2021. Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2021. Peteria. 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 May 29. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Peteria. Accessed: 29 May 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Peteria in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
Peteria is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is native to USA and Mexico.

It is found in the American states of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. As well as central, north-eastern and Mexico Gulf, in Mexico.[1]

The genus name of Peteria is in honour of Robert Peter (1805–1894), an English-born American botanist, chemist, doctor, zoologist and geologist; founder of the University of Louisville School of Medicine.[2]

The genus was circumscribed by Asa Gray in Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. vol.3 (Issue 5) on page 50 in 1852.[1]
Species

Plants of the World Online include;[1]

Peteria glandulosa (A.Gray ex S.Watson) Rydb.
Peteria pinetorum Ced.Porter
Peteria scoparia A.Gray
Peteria thompsoniae S.Watson

References

"Peteria A.Gray | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.