Adenostoma
Genus of flowering plants
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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::
| image = Adenostomafasciculatum.jpg | image_caption = Adenostoma fasciculatum in flower | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Adenostoma | authority = Hook. & Arn.
Adenostoma is a genus of shrubs in the rose family (Rosaceae) containing only two species, chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum) and redshanks (Adenostoma sparsifolium). Both are native to the Californias.
Description
Characteristics
The plants grow in a habit of shrubs to small trees, and the stem is more or less resinous. Both species in this genus feature stiff, linear leaves arranged alternately or in clusters along stems with shredding bark. Flowers form on a panicle, are cream to white and, as in all members of the rose family, have hypanthia. The fruit is an achene. Chromosome number is 2n = 18.
Distribution and habitat
Both species are native to coastal California and Baja California. Adenostoma fasciculatum is also native to California in the Sierra Nevada. They are found in plant communities and sub-ecoregions of the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.
Taxonomy
File:Chamise resprout Mag Road III.jpg|Adenostoma fasciculatum Hook. & Arn. - Chamise File:Redshanks imported from iNaturalist photo 50466530 on 18 December 2021.jpg|Adenostoma sparsifolium Torr. - Redshanks Phylogenetic analysis places Adenostoma closest to Chamaebatiaria and Sorbaria, and suggests tentative placement in the subfamily Spiraeoideae, tribe Sorbarieae. The name Adenostoma comes from Greek, meaning "glandular mouth," referring to the hypanthium ring gland.
References
References
- Jones, William. (2012). "Adenostoma". Jepson Flora Project (eds.).
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6677,6681,6683 Jepson Manual, University of California, 1993; ''Adenostoma'']
- Montalvo, A.M.. (2017). "Plant profile for Adenostoma fasciculatum". United States Department of Agriculture.
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