''Froelichia'', or snakecotton, is a genus of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
s in the family
Amaranthaceae
Amaranthaceae ( ) is a family of flowering plants commonly known as the amaranth family, in reference to its type genus '' Amaranthus''. It includes the former goosefoot family Chenopodiaceae and contains about 165 genera and 2,040 species, maki ...
.
Species include:
* ''
Froelichia arizonica''
* ''
Froelichia chacoensis''
* ''
Froelichia drummondii''
* ''
Froelichia floridana''
* ''
Froelichia gracilis''
* ''
Froelichia humboldtiana''
* ''
Froelichia interrupta''
* ''
Froelichia juncea'' B.L. Rob. & Greenm.
* ''
Froelichia nudicaulis''
Hook.f.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For 20 years he served as director of the Ro ...
* ''
Froelichia paraguayensis''
* ''
Froelichia procera''
* ''
Froelichia sericea''
* ''
Froelichia texana''
* ''
Froelichia tomentosa''
* ''
Froelichia xanti''
References
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External links
Flora of North America: North American Spp.
Amaranthaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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