Tidestromia suffruticosa

Tidestromia suffruticosa, the shrubby honeysweet,[2] is a perennial plant in the family Amaranthaceae of the southwestern United States and northeastern Mexican deserts. It has one of the highest rates of photosynthesis ever recorded.[3] It flowers from April to December.[3]

Tidestromia suffruticosa
Flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Tidestromia
Species:
T. suffruticosa
Binomial name
Tidestromia suffruticosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Alternanthera suffruticosa Torr.
  • Cladothrix oblongifolia S.Watson
  • Cladothrix suffruticosa (Torr.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex S.Watson
  • Tidestromia gemmata I.M.Johnst.
  • Tidestromia oblongifolia (S.Watson) Standl.
  • Tidestromia suffruticosa var. coahuilana I.M.Johnst.

Subtaxa

The following varieties are accepted:[1]

  • Tidestromia suffruticosa var. oblongifolia (S.Watson) Sánch.Pino & Flores Olv.
  • Tidestromia suffruticosa var. suffruticosa

References
  1. "Tidestromia suffruticosa (Torr.) Standl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tidestromia suffruticosa". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  3. MacKay, Pam (2013). Mojave Desert Wildflowers. Morris Publishing. p. 260.


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