''Peteria'' is a genus of
flowering plants in the
legume
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family,
. It belongs to the subfamily
Faboideae. It is native to USA and Mexico.
It is found in the American states of Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah. As well as central, north-eastern and Mexico Gulf, in Mexico.
The genus name of ''Peteria'' is in honour of Robert Peter (1805–1894), an English-born American botanist, chemist, doctor, zoologist and geologist; founder of the
University of Louisville School of Medicine.
The genus was
circumscribed
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Not every po ...
by
Asa Gray
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in Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. vol.3 (Issue 5) on page 50 in 1852.
Species
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include;
* ''
Peteria glandulosa''
* ''
Peteria pinetorum''
* ''
Peteria scoparia''
* ''
Peteria thompsoniae''
References
Robinieae
Fabaceae genera
Flora of Idaho
Flora of the Southwestern United States
Flora of the South-Central United States
Flora of Central Mexico
Flora of Northeastern Mexico
Flora of Veracruz
Taxa named by Asa Gray
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