Psorothamnus
Genus of legumes
title: "Psorothamnus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["psorothamnus", "fabaceae-genera", "flora-of-the-california-desert-regions", "flora-of-the-great-basin", "natural-history-of-the-mojave-desert", "taxa-described-in-1919", "taxa-named-by-per-axel-rydberg"] description: "Genus of legumes" topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psorothamnus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of legumes ::
|image = Psorothamnus fremontii 2.jpg |image_caption = Psorothamnus fremontii |taxon = Psorothamnus |authority = Rydb. |type_species = Psorothamnus emoryi |type_species_authority = (A.Gray) Rydb. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 4; see text |subdivision_ref = |synonyms =
- Asagraea Baill. |synonyms_ref = Psorothamnus is a genus of plants in the legume family. These are shrubs and small trees. Many are known by the general common name indigo bush. Some are referred to as daleas, as this genus was once included in genus Dalea. These are generally thorny, thickly branched, strongly scented bushes. Most species bear lupinlike raceme inflorescences of bright purple legume flowers and gland-rich pods. Psorothamnus species are native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
The genus formerly included additional species, but was found to be paraphyletic, and genus Psorodendron was reinstated to accommodate sections Xylodalea, Capnodendron, and Winnemucca.
Species
Four species are currently accepted.
- Psorothamnus emoryi (A. Gray) Rydb. – dyebush, Emory's indigo bush
- Psorothamnus polydenius (S. Watson) Rydb. – Nevada dalea
- Psorothamnus scoparius (A. Gray) Rydb. – broom dalea
- Psorothamnus thompsoniae (Vail) S.L. Welsh & N.D. Atwood – Thompson's dalea
Formerly placed here
- Psorodendron arborescens (Torr. ex A.Gray) Rydb., as Psorothamnus arborescens (A. Gray) Barneby
- Psorodendron fremontii (Torr. ex A.Gray) Rydb., as Psorothamnus fremontii (A. Gray) Barneby
- Psorodendron kingii (S.Watson) Rydb., as Psorothamnus kingii (S. Watson) Barneby
- Psorodendron schottii (Torr.) Rydb., as Psorothamnus schottii (Torr.) Barneby
- Psorodendron spinosum (A.Gray) Rydb., as Psorothamnus spinosus (A. Gray) Barneby
References
References
- "''Psorothamnus'' Rydb.". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
- (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". [[South African Journal of Botany.
- (2004). "Phylogeny of Amorpheae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae)". [[American Journal of Botany.
- . ["ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for ''Psorothamnus''"](http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Psorothamnus&species~). *Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics*.
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