Tiquilia

Tiquilia
Tiquilia canescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Ehretiaceae
Genus:	Tiquilia Pers. (1805)
Type species
Tiquilia dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
Species [1]
28; see text
Synonyms [1]
Eddya Torr. & A.Gray (1857) GalapagoaHook.f. (1845) PtilocalyxTorr. & A.Gray (1857) Stegnocarpus (DC.) Torr. (1855) TiquiliopsisA.Heller (1906) TriquiliopsisA.Heller ex Rydb. (1917)

Tiquilia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Ehretiaceae. ^[2] The 28 species in this genus are known by the common name crinklemat. ^[3] They are native to the Western Hemisphere and are mostly found in desert regions.

Species

28 species are accepted. ^[1]

• Tiquilia atacamensis (Phil.) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia canescens (DC.) A.T.Richardson– woody crinklemat
• Tiquilia conspicua (I.M.Johnst.) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia cuspidata (I.M.Johnst.) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia darwinii (Hook.f.) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
• Tiquilia elongata (Rusby) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia ferreyrae (I.M.Johnst.) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia fusca Hook.f.
• Tiquilia galapagoa (J.T.Howell) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia gossypina (Woot. & Standl.) A.T.Richardson– Texas crinklemat
• Tiquilia grandiflora (Phil.) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia greggii (Torr. & A.Gray) A.T.Richardson– plumed crinklemat
• Tiquilia hispidissima (Torr. & A.Gray) A.T.Richardson– hairy crinklemat
• Tiquilia hunteri A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia latior (I.M.Johnst.) A.T.Richardson– matted crinklemat
• Tiquilia litoralis (Phil.) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia mexicana (S.Watson) A.T.Richardson– Mexican crinklemat
• Tiquilia nesiotica (J.T.Howell) A.T.Richardson– Gray matplant
• Tiquilia nuttallii (Benth.) A. T. Richardson– Nuttall's crinklemat ^[4]
• Tiquilia palmeri (A.Gray) A.T.Richardson– Palmer's crinklemat
• Tiquilia paronychoides (Phil.) A.T.Richardson– Peruvian sand flower ^[5]
• Tiquilia plicata (Torr.) A.T.Richardson– plaited crinklemat, fanleaf crinklemat ^[6]
• Tiquilia purpusii (Brandegee) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia simulans (I.M.Johnst.) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia tacnensis A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia tuberculata A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia turneri A.T.Richardson

• 
  T. greggii, or “plumed crinklemat”, in natural state.
• 
  T. greggii, or “plumed crinklemat”, detail of inflorescence.

References

1. Tiquilia Pers. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 31 July 2024.
2. "Tiquilia Pers". World Flora Online . Retrieved 2025-12-21.
3. NRCS. "Tiquilia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 11 December 2015.
4. "GRIN Species Records of Tiquilia". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
5. "GBIF Species Records". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Retrieved 2017-02-06.
6. "Tiquilia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2010-09-14.

External links

• Data related to Tiquilia at Wikispecies
• USDA Plants Profile for Tiquilia
• Jepson Manual Treatment of Tiquilia