Acleisanthes

Acleisanthes
	Acleisanthes longiflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Nyctaginaceae
Tribe:	Nyctagineae
Genus:	Acleisanthes; A.Gray
Species
	16 - See text
Synonyms
	Ammocodon Standl.; Selinocarpus A.Gray[1];

Acleisanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the Bougainvillea family, Nyctaginaceae. There are currently 16 species. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ακλειοτος (akleistos), meaning "not closed", and ανθος (anthos), meaning "flower".[2] Plants of this genus are known commonly as trumpets[3] due to the elongated, open-ended shape of their flowers. These are arid-adapted perennials with thick taproots which are usually compact and low to the ground or slightly ascending. An individual plant may have cleistogamous (unopening and self-pollinating) flowers as well as opening flowers which are usually nocturnal as a water-saving adaptation and are pollinated by night-flying or crepuscular insects such as hawkmoths. Flowers are usually white, sometimes yellow. These plants are native to the Chihuahuan and Sonoran Deserts of Mexico and the United States.

Taxonomy

In the year 2000 studies by Rachel A. Levin reclassified the members of two genera, Ammocodon and Selinocarpus, into the genus Acleisanthes.[4]

Selected species

Acleisanthes acutifolia Standl. – needletip trumpets
Acleisanthes angustifolia
Acleisanthes anisophylla A.Gray – obliqueleaf trumpets
Acleisanthes chenopodioides
Acleisanthes crassifolia A.Gray – Texas trumpets
Acleisanthes diffusa
Acleisanthes longiflora A.Gray – angel trumpets, yerba de la rabia
Acleisanthes nevadensis (Standl.) B.L.Turner – desert moonpod
Acleisanthes obtusa (Choisy) Standl. – Berlandier's trumpets
Acleisanthes parvifolia
Acleisanthes wrightii (A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. – Wright's trumpets[3]

References

"Genus: Acleisanthes A. Gray". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-07-07. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
Holloway, Joel Ellis; Amanda Neill (2005). A Dictionary of Common Wildflowers of Texas & the Southern Great Plains. TCU Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-87565-309-9.
"Acleisanthes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
Levin, Rachel A. (2002). "Taxonomic status of Acleisanthes, Selinocarpus, and Ammocodon (Nyctaginaceae)". Novon. 12 (1): 58–63. doi:10.2307/3393240. JSTOR 3393240.

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment - outdated

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[GRIN-1] "Genus: Acleisanthes A. Gray". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2010-07-07. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2010-10-18.

[2] Holloway, Joel Ellis; Amanda Neill (2005). A Dictionary of Common Wildflowers of Texas & the Southern Great Plains. TCU Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-87565-309-9.

[ITIS-3] "Acleisanthes". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-10-18.

[4] Levin, Rachel A. (2002). "Taxonomic status of Acleisanthes, Selinocarpus, and Ammocodon (Nyctaginaceae)". Novon. 12 (1): 58–63. doi:10.2307/3393240. JSTOR 3393240.