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Dryadeae

(Tribe)

Overview

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A Tribe in the Kingdom Plantae.

Taxonomy

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The Tribe Dryadeae is a member of the Subfamily Dryadoideae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Dryadeae:

The Tribe Dryadeae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Cercocarpus

Cercocarpus, commonly known as the Mountain-mahogany, is a small genus of five or six species of shrubs or small trees in the rose family (Rosaceae), native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they grow in semi-desert climates, often at high altitudes. They typically reach 3 to 6 meters tall, but exceptionally up to 13 meters in height. [more]

Chamaebatia

The plant genus Chamaebatia includes two species of aromatic evergreen shrubs known as mountain misery. They are actinorhizal, meaning they are nitrogen fixers. [more]

Dryas

A genus in the Kingdom Animalia.[1] [more]

Fallugia

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Pittocaulon

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Purshia

Purshia (bitterbrush or cliff-rose) is a small genus of 5-8 species of in the family Rosaceae, native to western North America, where they grow in dry climates from southeast British Columbia in Canada south throughout the western United States to northern Mexico. [more]

At least 21 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Purshia.

More info about the Genus Purshia may be found here.

Footnotes

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  1. http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys;=Dryas&search;=Search

Sources

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Last Revised: August 24, 2012
2012/08/24 20:14:40