Amoreuxia Explained

Amoreuxia is a genus of flowering plants in the achiote family, Bixaceae. It was formerly placed in the family Cochlospermaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as yellowshow. They are native to Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Peru, Curaçao, and the southwestern United States.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species^{[1] [5]}

1. Amoreuxia gonzalezii Sprague & L.Riley  - Santa Rita Mountain yellowshow - Sonora, Sinaloa, Jalisco, southern Arizona
2. Amoreuxia malvifolia A.Gray - Chihuahua, Durango
3. Amoreuxia palmatifida Moc. & Sessé ex DC.  - Mexican yellowshow - Mexico, Central America, Colombia, Arizona, New Mexico
4. Amoreuxia wrightii A.Gray  - Wright's yellowshow - Curaçao, Peru, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Campeche, Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Texas

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew .
2. Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326
3. Poppendieck, H. 1981. Cochlospermaceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 27: 1–34.
4. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson
5. Web site: GRIN Species Records of Amoreuxia . Germplasm Resources Information Network . United States Department of Agriculture . 2011-12-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924121949/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?540 . 2015-09-24 . dead .