Dalea

Not to be confused with Dahlia, in family Asteraceae

Dalea
Dalea candida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Amorpheae
Genus: Dalea
L. (1758)[1]
Species

182–219; see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Cylipogon Raf. (1819)
  • Gatesia Bertol. (1848)
  • Jamesia Raf. (1832), nom. rej.
  • Kuhnistera Lam. (1792), nom. rej.
  • Parosela Cav. (1801)
  • Petalostemon Michx. (1803)
  • Thornbera Rydb. (1919)

Dalea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover[2] or indigo bush.[3] Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739).[4] They are native to the Western hemisphere, where they are distributed from Canada to Argentina.[5] Nearly half of the known species are endemic to Mexico.[6] Two species of Dalea (Dalea ornata and Dalea searlsiae) have been considered for rangeland restoration.[7]

  1. ^ a b Dalea L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Dalea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  3. ^ Bailey LH; Bailey EZ; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium (1976). Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. New York, NY: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-02-505470-7.
  4. ^ Holloway JE; Neill A. (2005). A Dictionary of Common Wildflowers of Texas & the Southern Great Plains. Fort Worth, Texas: TCU Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-87565-309-9.
  5. ^ Woods M; Hughes WS. (2013). "The genus Dalea in Alabama" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 2013 (30): 1–12. ISSN 2153-733X.
  6. ^ Estrada-Castillón AE; Villarreal-Quintanilla JA. (2008). "A new species of Dalea sect. Parosela (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Amorpheae) from Durango, Mexico". Brittonia. 60 (4): 332–35. Bibcode:2008Britt..60..332E. doi:10.1007/s12228-008-9039-7.
  7. ^ Cane JH; Weber M; Miller S. (2012). "Breeding biologies, pollinators, and seed beetles of two prairie-clovers, Dalea ornata and Dalea searlsiae (Fabaceae: Amorpheae), from the Intermountain West, USA" (PDF). Western North American Naturalist. 72 (1): 16–20. doi:10.3398/064.072.0102.