Larrea: Difference between revisions

''Schroeterella'' <small>Briq.</small><ref name="GRIN">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?6524 |title=Genus: ''Larrea'' Cav. |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=2007-10-05 |accessdateaccess-date=2010-10-08}}</ref>

'''''Larrea''''' is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the caltrop family, [[Zygophyllaceae]]. It contains five species of [[evergreen]] [[shrub]]s that are native to the [[Americas]]. The generic name honours Bishop [[Juan Antonio Hernández Pérez de Larrea]], a patron of science.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tb_qBpULHKcC&source |title=The Encyclopedia of Edible Plants of North America |first=François |last=Couplan |publisher=McGraw-Hill Professional |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-87983-821-8 |page=312}}</ref><ref>"Larrea" is itself a [[Basque surname]], where ''larrea'' stands for [[Larrea, Álava|a village]] in [[Álava]] (Spain), ultimately [http://hiztegiak.elhuyar.eus/eu_en/larre meaning 'meadow'] (plus article -a).</ref> South American members of this genus are known as '''''jarillas''''' and can produce fertile interspecific [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrids]]. One of the more notable species is the creosote bush (''[[Larrea tridentata|L. tridentata]]'') of the [[southwestern United States]] and northwestern [[Mexico]]. The [[King Clone]] ring in the [[Mojave Desert]] is a creosote bush [[clonal colony]] estimated to be about 11,700 years old.

*''[[Larrea tridentata]]'' <small>(DC.) Coville</small> &ndash; creosote bush<ref name="GRINSpecies">{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?6524 |title=GRIN Species Records of ''Larrea'' |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |accessdateaccess-date=2010-10-08}}</ref><ref name="ITIS">{{ITIS |id=29050 |taxon=''Larrea'' |accessdate=2010-10-08}}</ref>