Parryella

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Parryella
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Paryella filifolia (Illustration A)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Amorpheae
Genus: Parryella
Torr. & A. Gray
Species:
P. filifolia
Binomial name
Parryella filifolia
Torr. & A. Gray

Parryella filifolia, the common dunebroom, [1] is a species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. It is the only member of the genus Parryella. [2] [3] It is native to Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico. [4]

Its ashes were sometimes used by members of the Hopi tribe in the maize nixtamalization process  and helped to retain the blue color of cornmeal used to make piki bread. The beans were also used as a remedy for toothaches. [5]

The genus name of Parryella is in honour of Charles Christopher Parry (1823–1890), who was a British-American botanist and mountaineer. [6]

The genus and the species were circumscribed by John Torrey and Asa Gray in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts vol.7 on page 397 in 1868. [4]

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References

  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Parryella filifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  2. "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Parryella". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  3. USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Parryella". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Parryella Torr. & A.Gray | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  5. Whiting, Alfred (1939). Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Flagstaff: Museum of Northern Arizona. pp. 15, 80.
  6. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.