Crocanthemum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Familia: Cistaceae
Genus: Crocanthemum
Species: C. aldersonii – C. arenicola – C. argenteum – C. bicknellii – C. brasiliense – C. canadense – C. carolinianum – C. chihuahuense – C. corymbosum – C. dumosum – C. exaltatum – C. georgianum – C. glomeratum – C. greenei – C. nashii – C. nutans – C. pringlei – C. propinquum – C. rosmarinifolium – C. scoparium – C. suffrutescens
Species from Mexico accepted as Helianthemum Mill. by POWO, placed by Hassler on the basis of Guzmán & Vargas, 2009 to Crocanthemum without valid combination: H. coulteri – H. patens – H. pugae

Crocanthemum Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot., ser. 2, 6: 370 (1836).

Homotypic
- Helianthemum sect. Lecheoides Dunal in A.P. de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 269 (1824).
- Halimium sect. Lecheoides (Dunal) Grosser in H.G.A. Engler, Pflanzenreich IV, 193: 33 (1903).
Heterotypic
- Heteromeris Spach, Companion Bot. Mag. 2: 290 (1837).
  - Type species: non design.
- Anthelis subg. Horanthes Raf., New Fl. 3: 30 (1838).
  - Type species: non design.
  - Horanthes (Raf.) Raf., Sylva Tell. 132 (1838).
- Taeniostema Spach, Compan. Bot. Mag. 2: 289 (1837).
  - Type species: Taeniostema micranthum Spach
- Trichasterophyllum Willd. ex Link, Jahrb. Gewächsk. 1(3): 69 (1820), nom. inval.
  - Type species: T. hyssopifolium Willd. ex Link

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Manitoba.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Wyoming.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Dominican Republic, Haiti.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil South.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Uruguay.

Spach, É. 1836. Conspectus Monographiae Cistacearum. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique, sér. 2, 6: 357–375. BHL Reference page.

Arrington, J.M. 2004. Systematics of the Cistaceae. Ph.D. thesis, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
Dunal, M.F. 1824. Ordo XV. Cistineae. Pp. 263–286 in De Candolle, A.P., Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum generum specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta. Pars 1: Sistens Thalamiflorarum ordines LIV. VI+746 pp., Treuttel & Würtz, Paris. BHL Reference page.
Grosser, W. 1903. Cistaceae. In Engler, H.G.A. (ed.), Das Pflanzenreich. IV.193 (Heft 14): 161 pp. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig. BHL Reference page.
Guzmán, B. & Vargas, P. 2009. Historical biogeography and character evolution of Cistaceae (Malvales) based on analysis of plastid rbcL and trnL-trnF sequences. Organisms Diversity & Evolution 9(2): 83–99. DOI: 10.1016/j.ode.2009.01.001 Reference page.
Sorrie, B.A. 2011. Transfer of North American Helianthemum to Crocanthemum (Cistaceae): new combinations. Phytologia 93(2): 270–271. BHL. Reference page.

Hassler, M. 2019. Crocanthemum. 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. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 10. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Crocanthemum. Published online. Accessed: October 10 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Crocanthemum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 10 October 2019.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Crocanthemum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Aug 28. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Crocanthemum. Accessed: 17 Jan 2022.

English: Coastal Sand Frost Weed

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