Rhinotropis

Rhinotropis
Rhinotropis cornuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Polygalaceae
Genus:	Rhinotropis (S.F.Blake) J.R.Abbott [1]
Species
See text.

Rhinotropis is a small genus in the family Polygalaceae. ^[1] It was separated as a genus from Polygala by J. Richard Abbott in 2011. ^[2] It is native to the south and west of the United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah) and to Mexico. ^[1]

Species

As of April 2020 ^[update] , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: ^[1]

• Rhinotropis acanthoclada (A.Gray) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis californica (Nutt.) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis cornuta (Kellogg) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis desertorum (Brandegee) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis heterorhyncha (Barneby) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis intermontana (T.Wendt) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis lindheimeri (A.Gray) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis madrensis (T.Wendt) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis maravillasensis (Correll) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis minutifolia (Rose) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis nitida (Brandegee) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis nudata (Brandegee) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis parryi (A.W.Benn.) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis purpusii (Brandegee) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis rimulicola (Steyerm.) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis rusbyi (Greene) J.R.Abbott
• Rhinotropis subspinosa (S.Watson) J.R.Abbott

References

1. "Rhinotropis (S.F.Blake) J.R.Abbott", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-04-13
2. Abbott, J. Richard (2011), "Notes on the disintegration of Polygala (Polygalaceae), with four new genera for the Flora of North America", Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 5 (1): 125–137, JSTOR   41972495