Tidestromia

{{Short description|Family of shrubs}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Tidestromia_lanuginosa.jpg |image_caption = ''Tidestromia lanuginosa'' |taxon = Tidestromia |authority = Standl. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 6 or 7 }}

'''''Tidestromia''''' is a genus with about six or seven species of annual or subshrub perennial plants native to desert and semi-arid regions of the western United States, Mexico and tropical America in the family Amaranthaceae. A common name of some species is '''honeysweet'''.<ref>{{PLANTS|id=TIDES|taxon=Tidestromia|accessdate=10 December 2015}}</ref> The stems are reddish and contrast conspicuously with the silvery leaves. This genus is named for the botanist Ivar Tidestrom.<ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=132996 Flora of North America]</ref><ref>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?290,312 Jepson Manual: ''Tidestromia'']</ref>

Species include:<ref name=usda>[https://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=TIDES&display=63 ''Tidestomia''.] USDA PLANTS Profile.</ref> * ''Tidestromia carnosa'' - fleshy honeysweet * ''Tidestromia gemmata'' - TransPecos honeysweet * ''Tidestromia lanuginosa'' - woolly tidestromia * ''Tidestromia oblongifolia'' - Arizona honeysweet * ''Tidestromia suffruticosa'' - shrubby honeysweet

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==References== * {{Cite book |last1=Everitt |first1=J.H. |last2=Lonard |first2=R.L. |last3=Little |first3=C.R. |title=Weeds in South Texas and Northern Mexico |publisher=Texas Tech University Press |location=Lubbock |year=2007}} {{ISBN|0-89672-614-2}}

Category:Amaranthaceae Category:Amaranthaceae genera