Scientific or common name:

Abronia torreyi Standl.

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NYCTAGINACEAE - Four o'clock family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Abronia torreyi Standl.
Nomencl. ref.: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 319, pl. 38. 1909
Rank: species
See: ► Abronia angustifolia Greene

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Common names

U.S. name: Purple sand verbena

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Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Annual, Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Abronia angustifolia Greene
= Abronia angustifolia Greene var. arizonica (Standl.) Kearney & Peebles

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Abronia
Species:

1) Abronia acutalata Standl. 2) Abronia alba Eastw. 3) Abronia alpina Brandegee 4) Abronia ameliae Lundell 5) Abronia ammophila Greene 6) Abronia angustifolia Greene 7) Abronia angustifolia Greene var. arizonica (Standl.) Kearney & Peebles 8) Abronia argillosa S.L. Welsh & Goodrich 9) Abronia bigelovii Heimerl 10) Abronia bolackii N.D. Atwood, S.L. Welsh & K.D. Heil 11) Abronia breviflora Standl. 12) Abronia carletonii J.M. Coult. & Fisher 13) Abronia carnea Greene 14) Abronia crux-maltae Kellogg 15) Abronia cycloptera A. Gray 16) Abronia elliptica A. Nelson 17) Abronia exalata Standl. 18) Abronia fendleri Standl. 19) Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook. 20) Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook. var. elliptica (A. Nelson) M.E. Jones 21) Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook. var. glaucescens A. Nelson 22) Abronia gracilis Benth. 23) Abronia insularis Standl. 24) Abronia latifolia Eschsch. 25) Abronia macrocarpa L.A. Galloway 26) Abronia maritima Nutt. ex S. Watson 27) Abronia mellifera Douglas ex Hook. 28) Abronia micrantha Torr. 29) Abronia micrantha Torr. var. pedunculata M.E. Jones 30) Abronia minor Standl. 31) Abronia nana S. Watson 32) Abronia nana S. Watson ssp. covillei (Heimerl) Munz 33) Abronia nana S. Watson var. covillei (Heimerl) Munz 34) Abronia nana S. Watson var. harrisii S.L. Welsh 35) Abronia nana S. Watson var. lanciformis M.E. Jones 36) Abronia nana S. Watson var. nana 37) Abronia neurophylla Standl. 38) Abronia orbiculata Standl. 39) Abronia pinetorum Abrams 40) Abronia platyphylla Standl. 41) Abronia pogonantha Heimerl 42) Abronia pumila Rydb. 43) Abronia ramosa Standl. 44) Abronia salsa Rydb. 45) Abronia torreyi Standl. 46) Abronia turbinata Torr. ex S. Watson 47) Abronia umbellata Lam. 48) Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. acutalata (Standl.) Tillett 49) Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. alba (Eastw.) Munz 50) Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. breviflora (Standl.) Munz 51) Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. platyphylla (Standl.) Munz 52) Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. umbellata 53) Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. variabilis (Standl.) Munz 54) Abronia umbellata Lam. var. acutalata (Standl.) C.L. Hitchc. 55) Abronia variabilis Standl. 56) Abronia villosa S. Watson 57) Abronia villosa S. Watson var. aurita (Abrams) Jeps. 58) Abronia villosa S. Watson var. villosa

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Genera (Nyctaginaceae)
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1) Abronia (sand verbena) 2) Acleisanthes (trumpets) 3) Allionia (windmills) 4) Allioniella 5) Ammocodon 6) Anulocaulis (ringstem) 7) Boerhavia (spiderling) 8) Bougainvillea 9) Calymenia 10) Ceodes (catchbirdtree) 11) Commicarpus (spiderling) 12) Cyphomeris 13) Eggersia (saltwood) 14) Guapira 15) Hermidium 16) Hesperonia 17) Mirabilis 18) Neea (saltwood) 19) Nyctaginia 20) Okenia 21) Oxybaphus 22) Pisonia (catchbirdtree) 23) Quamoclidion 24) Selinocarpus (moonpod) 25) Senkenbergia (spiderling) 26) Torrubia (guapira) 27) Tripterocalyx (sandpuffs) 28) Wedelia (windmills)

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Common names (Abronia)
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1) Amelia's sand verbena (Abronia ameliae) 2) Beach sand verbena (Abronia neurophylla) 3) Bolack's sand verbena (Abronia bolackii) 4) Carleton's sand verbena (Abronia carletonii) 5) Clay sand verbena (Abronia argillosa) 6) Coastal sand verbena (Abronia latifolia) 7) Coville's dwarf sand verbena (Abronia nana var. covillei) 8) Desert sand verbena (Abronia villosa) 9) Dwarf sand verbena (Abronia nana) 10) Fragrant white sand verbena (Abronia elliptica) 11) Galisteo sand verbena (Abronia bigelovii) 12) Harris' dwarf sand verbena (Abronia nana var. harrisii) 13) Island sand verbena (Abronia insularis) 14) Largefruit sand verbena (Abronia macrocarpa) 15) Lassen sandverbena (Abronia crux-maltae) 16) Little sand verbena (Abronia minor) 17) Mojave sand verbena (Abronia pogonantha) 18) Pink sand verbena (Abronia umbellata) 19) Purple sand verbena (Abronia angustifolia) 20) Ramshaw Meadows sand verbena (Abronia alpina) 21) Red sand verbena (Abronia maritima) 22) Slender sand verbena (Abronia gracilis) 23) Smallflower sandverbena (Abronia micrantha) 24) Snowball sand verbena (Abronia fragrans) 25) Transmontane sand verbena (Abronia turbinata) 26) White sand verbena (Abronia mellifera) 27) Winged sandpuffs (Abronia carnea) 28) Wyoming sand verbena (Abronia ammophila)

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More species:
1) Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. acutalata (Standl.) Tillett [146]
2) Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. alba (Eastw.) Munz [155]
3) Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. platyphylla (Standl.) Munz [167]
4) Abronia umbellata Lam. var. acutalata (Standl.) C.L. Hitchc. [164]
5) Abrothallus oxysporus Tul. [103]
6) Abutilon abutiloides (Jacq.) Garcke ex Hochr. [330]
7) Abutilon californicum auct. non Benth. [147]
8) Abutilon incanum (Link) Sweet ssp. incanum [128]
9) Abutilon pauciflorum Sweet [164]
10) Abutilon virginianum Krapov. [132]

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