Dalea

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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]

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)

Species

Dalea comprises the following species:[2][8][9][10]

  • Dalea abietifolia (Rydb.) Bullock
  • Dalea acracarpica Barneby
  • Dalea adenopoda (Rydb.) Isely—Tampa prairie clover
  • Dalea aenigma Barneby
  • Dalea albiflora A. Gray—whiteflower prairie clover
  • Dalea analiliana Spellenb.
  • Dalea ananassa Barneby
  • Dalea antana J.F. Macbr.
  • Dalea arenicola (Wemple) B.L. Turner
  • Dalea aurea C. Fraser—golden prairie clover
  • Dalea austrotexana B.L.Turner[11]
  • Dalea ayavacensis Kunth
    • var. ayavacensis Kunth
    • var. killipii (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby
  • Dalea azurea (Phil.) Reiche
  • Dalea bacchantum Barneby
  • Dalea bartonii Barneby—Warnock's prairie clover, Cox's dalea
  • Dalea bicolor Willd.—silver prairie clover
    • var. argyrea (A.Gray) Barneby
    • var. bicolor Willd.
    • var. canescens (M.Martens & Galeotti) Barneby
    • var. naviculifolia (Hemsl.) Barneby
    • var. orcuttiana Barneby
  • Dalea boliviana Britton
  • Dalea boraginea Barneby
  • Dalea botterii (Rydb.) Barneby
  • Dalea brachystachya A. Gray—Fort Bowie prairie clover
  • Dalea brandegei (Rose) Bullock
  • Dalea caeciliae Harms
  • Dalea cahaba J.R.Allison—Cahaba prairie clover
  • Dalea candida Willd.—white prairie clover, white tassel-flower
  • Dalea capitata S. Watson
    • var. capitata S. Watson
    • var. quinqueflora (Brandegee) Barneby
  • Dalea carnea (Michx.) Poir.—whitetassels
    • var. albida (Torr. & A. Gray) Barneby
    • var. carnea (Michx.) Poir.
  • Dalea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F. Macbr.—Cartagena prairie clover
    • var. barbata (Oerst.) Barneby
    • var. brevis (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby
    • var. capitulata (Rydb.) Barneby
    • var. carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F. Macbr.
    • var. floridana (Rydb.) Barneby
    • var. pilocarpa (Rusby) Barneby
    • var. portoricana Barneby
    • var. trichocalyx (Ulbr.) Barneby
  • Dalea ceciliana[12]—Cecilia's prairie clover
  • Dalea choanosema Barneby
  • Dalea chrysophylla Barneby
  • Dalea cinnamomea Barneby
  • Dalea cliffortiana Willd.
  • Dalea coerulea (L. f.) Schinz & Thell.
    • var. coerulea (L. f.) Schinz & Thell.
    • var. longispicata (Ulbr.) Barneby
  • Dalea compacta Spreng.—compact prairie clover
    • var. compacta Spreng.
    • var. pubescens (A.Gray) Barneby
  • Dalea confusa (Rydb.) Barneby
  • Dalea cora Barneby
  • Dalea crassifolia Hemsl.
  • Dalea cuatrecasasii Barneby
  • Dalea cuniculo-caudata Paul G. Wilson
  • Dalea cyanea Greene
  • Dalea cylindrica Hook.
    • var. cylindrica Hook.
    • var. haenkeana Barneby
    • var. nova (Ulbr.) Barneby
    • var. sulfurea (Ulbr.) Barneby
  • Dalea cylindriceps Barneby—Andean prairie clover
  • Dalea daucosma Barneby
  • Dalea dipsacea Barneby
  • Dalea dispar C.V. Morton
  • Dalea dorycnoides DC.
  • Dalea elata Hook. & Arn.
  • Dalea elegans Hook. & Arn.
    • var. elegans Hook. & Arn.
    • var. onobrychioides (Griseb.) Barneby
  • Dalea emarginata (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners—wedgeleaf prairie clover
  • Dalea enneandra Nutt.—nineanther prairie clover
  • Dalea eriophylla S. Watson
  • Dalea erythrorhiza Greenm.
  • Dalea escobilla Barneby
  • Dalea exigua Barneby—Chihuahuan prairie clover
  • Dalea exilis DC.
  • Dalea exserta (Rydb.) Gentry—Mexican prairie clover
  • Dalea feayi (Chapman) Barneby—Feay's prairie clover
  • Dalea fieldii (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
  • Dalea filiciformis C.B.Rob. & Greenm.[13]
  • Dalea filiformis A. Gray—Sonoran prairie clover
  • Dalea flavescens (S. Watson) S.L.Welsh ex Barneby—Canyonlands prairie clover
  • Dalea foliolosa (Aiton) Barneby
    • var. citrina (Rydb.) Barneby
    • var. foliolosa (Aiton) Barneby
  • Dalea foliosa (A. Gray) Barneby—leafy prairie clover
  • Dalea formosa Torr.—featherplume
  • Dalea frutescens A. Gray—black prairie clover, black dalea
  • Dalea galbina (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
  • Dalea gattingeri (A. Heller) Barneby—purpletassels
  • Dalea glumacea Barneby
  • Dalea grayi (Vail) L.O. Williams—Gray's prairie clover
  • Dalea greggii A. Gray—Gregg's prairie clover
  • Dalea gymnocodon Barneby
  • Dalea gypsophila Barneby
  • Dalea hallii A. Gray
  • Dalea hegewischiana Steud.
  • Dalea hemsleyana (Rose) Bullock
  • Dalea hintonii Sandwith
  • Dalea holwayi Rose
  • Dalea hospes (Rose) Bullock
  • Dalea humifusa Benth.
  • Dalea humilis G. Don
  • Dalea illustris Barneby
  • Dalea insignis Hemsl.
  • Dalea isidorii Barneby
  • Dalea jamesii (Torr.) Torr. & A. Gray—James' prairie clover
  • Dalea jamesonii (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
  • Dalea juncea (Rydb.) Wiggins
  • Dalea kuntzei Kuntze
  • Dalea lachnantha S.Schauer
  • Dalea lachnostachya A.Gray
  • Dalea lachnostachys A. Gray—glandleaf prairie clover
  • Dalea lamprostachya Barneby
  • Dalea lanata Spreng.—woolly prairie clover, woolly dalea
    • var. lanata Spreng.
    • var. terminalis (M.E.Jones) Barneby
  • Dalea laniceps Barneby—woollyhead prairie clover
  • Dalea lasiathera A. Gray—purple dalea
  • Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock—foxtail prairie clover, hare's foot dalea
  • Dalea leptostachya DC.
  • Dalea leucosericea (Rydb.) Standl. & Steyerm.
  • Dalea leucostachya A. Gray
    • var. eysenhardtioides (Hemsl.) Barneby
    • var. leucostachya A. Gray
  • Dalea luisana S. Watson
  • Dalea lumholtzii C.B.Rob. & Fernald—Lumholtz's prairie clover
  • Dalea lutea (Cav.) Willd.
    • var. gigantea (Rydb.) Barneby
    • var. lutea (Cav.) Willd.
  • Dalea macrotropis S. Schauer
  • Dalea mcvaughii Barneby
  • Dalea melantha S. Schauer
  • Dalea mexiae Barneby
  • Dalea minutifolia (Rydb.) Harms
  • Dalea mixteca Barneby
  • Dalea mollis Benth.—hairy prairie clover
  • Dalea mollissima (Rydb.) Munz—soft prairie clover
  • Dalea moquehuana J.F. Macbr.
  • Dalea mucronata DC.
  • Dalea multiflora (Nutt.) Shinners—roundhead prairie clover
  • Dalea myriadenia Ulbr.
  • Dalea nana A. Gray—dwarf prairie clover
    • var. carnescens (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles
    • var. nana A. Gray
  • Dalea nelsonii (Rydb.) Barneby
  • Dalea nemaphyllidia Barneby
  • Dalea neomexicana (A. Gray) Cory—downy prairie clover, New Mexico dalea
    • var. longipila (Rydb.) Barneby
    • var. neomexicana (A. Gray) Cory
  • Dalea nobilis Barneby
  • Dalea obovata (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners
  • Dalea obovatifolia Ortega
    • var. obovatifolia Ortega
    • var. uncifera (Schltdl. & Cham.) Barneby
  • Dalea obreniformis (Rydb.) Barneby
  • Dalea onobrychis DC.
  • Dalea ornata (Hook.) Eaton & Wright—Blue Mountain prairie clover, handsome prairie clover
  • Dalea parrasana Brandegee
  • Dalea pazensis Rusby
  • Dalea pectinata Kunth
  • Dalea pennellii (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
  • Dalea phleoides (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners—slimspike prairie clover
    • var. microphylla (Torr. & A.Gray) Barneby
    • var. phleoides (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners
  • Dalea pinetorum Gentry
  • Dalea pinnata (J.F. Gmel.) Barneby—summer farewell
  • Dalea piptostegia Barneby
  • Dalea plantaginoides Barneby
  • Dalea pogonathera A. Gray—bearded prairie clover
    • var. pogonathera A. Gray
    • var. walkerae (Tharp & F. A. Barkley) B. L. Turner
  • Dalea polygonoides A. Gray—sixweeks prairie clover
  • Dalea polystachya (Sessé & Moc.) Barneby
  • Dalea pringlei A. Gray—Pringle's prairie clover
  • Dalea prostrata Ortega
  • Dalea pseudocorymbosa A.E.Estrada & Villarreal[6]
  • Dalea pulchella G. Don
  • Dalea pulchra Gentry—Santa Catalina prairie clover
  • Dalea purpurea Vent.—purple prairie clover, violet dalea
  • Dalea purpusii Brandegee
  • Dalea quercetorum Standl. & L.O. Williams
  • Dalea radicans S. Watson
  • Dalea reclinata (Cav.) Willd.
  • Dalea reverchonii (S. Watson) Shinners
  • Dalea revoluta S. Watson
  • Dalea rubrolutea Barneby
  • Dalea rupertii A.E. Estrada, Villarreal & M. González
  • Dalea rzedowskii Barneby
  • Dalea sabinalis (S. Watson) Shinners—sabinal prairie clover
  • Dalea saffordii (Rose) Bullock
  • Dalea scandens (Mill.) R.T. Clausen—low prairie clover
    • var. occidentalis (Rydb.) Barneby
    • var. paucifolia (J.M.Coult.) Barneby
    • var. scandens (Mill.) R.T. Clausen
    • var. vulneraria (Oerst.) Barneby
  • Dalea scariosa S. Watson—Albuquerque prairie clover
  • Dalea schiblii Medina & M. Sousa
  • Dalea searlsiae (A. Gray) Barneby—Searls' prairie clover
  • Dalea sericea Lag.
  • Dalea sericocalyx (Rydb.) L. Riley
  • Dalea similis Hemsl.
  • Dalea simulatrix Barneby
  • Dalea smithii (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
  • Dalea sousae Barneby
  • Dalea strobilacea Barneby
  • Dalea tapacariensis Kuntze
  • Dalea tentaculoides Gentry—Gentry's indigobush
  • Dalea tenuicaulis Hook. f.
  • Dalea tenuifolia (A. Gray) Shinners—slimleaf prairie clover, bigtop dalea
  • Dalea tenuis (J.M. Coult.) Shinners—pinkglobe prairie clover
  • Dalea thouinii Schrank
  • Dalea tinctoria Brandegee
  • Dalea tolteca Barneby
  • Dalea tomentosa (Cav.) Willd.
    • var. mota Barneby
    • var. psoraleoides (Moric.) Barneby
    • var. tomentosa (Cav.) Willd.
  • Dalea transiens Barneby
  • Dalea tridactylites Barneby
  • Dalea trifoliata Zucc.
  • Dalea trochilina Brandegee
  • Dalea uniflora (Barneby) G.L. Nesom
  • Dalea urceolata Greene—pineforest prairie clover
    • var. lucida (Rydb.) Barneby
    • var. urceolata Greene
  • Dalea verna Barneby
  • Dalea versicolor Zucc.—oakwoods prairie clover
    • subsp. argyrostachya (Hook. & Arn.) Barneby
    • subsp. glabrescens (Rydb.) Barneby
    • subsp. sessilis (A. Gray) Barneby
    • subsp. versicolor Zucc.
  • Dalea villosa (Nutt.) Spreng.—silky prairie clover
    • var. grisea (Torr. & A.Gray) Barneby
    • var. villosa (Nutt.) Spreng.
  • Dalea virgata Lag.
  • Dalea viridiflora S. Watson
  • Dalea weberbaueri Ulbr.
    • var. sericophylla (Ulbr.) Barneby
    • var. weberbaueri Ulbr.
  • Dalea wigginsii Barneby
  • Dalea wrightii A. Gray—Wright's prairie clover
  • Dalea zimapanica S. Schauer

Species names with uncertain taxonomic status

The status of the following species is unresolved:[10]

  • Dalea acutiflora Steud.
  • Dalea barbata (Oerst.) Aymard
  • Dalea diversicolor Rydb.
  • Dalea flavorosea Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
  • Dalea goldmani (Rose) L.Riley
  • Dalea humboldtiana Velarde
  • Dalea hypoglottidea DC.
  • Dalea lagopoda St.-Lag.
  • Dalea lateripes Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
  • Dalea longipes Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
  • Dalea lutescens Cervantes ex G. Don
  • Dalea megalostachya (Rose) Wiggins
  • Dalea melilotoides Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
  • Dalea moricandi D. Dietr.
  • Dalea mota Gentry
  • Dalea multifoliata Phil.f.
  • Dalea pendulina Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
  • Dalea polyadenia F. Heller
  • Dalea scopa Barneby
  • Dalea seleriana Harms
  • Dalea unguicularis Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
  • Dalea unifoliolata C.B.Rob. & Greenm.
  • Dalea vernica (Rose) Greenm.
  • Dalea watsonii (Rose) Gentry
  • Dalea whitingi Kearney & Peebles

References

  • Media related to Dalea at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Dalea at Wikispecies
  • Dalea. USDA PLANTS.