| Abronia ameliae | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Nyctaginaceae |
| Genus: | Abronia |
| Species: | A. ameliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Abronia ameliae Lundell, 1945 | |
Abronia ameliae, commonly known as Amelia's sand verbena or heart's delight, is a species of flowering plant in the Four O'clock family, Nyctaginaceae, that is endemic to southern Texas in the United States. It inhabits grasslands in the deep sands of the Holocene sand sheet, which is part of the Tamaulipan mezquital. This species was named for Amelia Anderson Lundell, wife of Cyrus Longworth Lundell.
References
- "NatureServe Explorer - Abronia ameliae". NatureServe Explorer Abronia ameliae. NatureServe. 2022-06-22. Retrieved 22 Jun 2022.
- ^ "Abronia ameliae". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- "Abronia ameliae Lundell" (PDF). The Nature Conservancy in Texas. The Nature Conservancy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- Carr, Bill (August 2005). "Amelia's sand-verbena (Abronia ameliae)". Rare Plants of the Tamaulipan Thornscrub Ecoregion of Texas. Association of Biodiversity Information - Southwest. Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- Wrightia 1(1): 54–55. 1945. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/764029#page/72/mode/1up
External links
Media related to Abronia ameliae at Wikimedia Commons
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