Allionia

E281948

Allionia is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as trailing windmills, native to the Americas and noted for their distinctive three-lobed, windmill-like flowers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Allionia canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf plant genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
belongsTo Nyctaginaceae ⓘ
clade Angiosperms ⓘ
linked to: Magnoliophyta

Core eudicots ⓘ
linked to: Eudicots

Eudicots ⓘ
commonName trailing windmills ⓘ
describedBy Carl Linnaeus ⓘ
distribution Central America ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
northern South America ⓘ
southwestern United States ⓘ
family Nyctaginaceae ⓘ
flowerColor magenta ⓘ
pink ⓘ
purple ⓘ
flowerSymmetry zygomorphic ⓘ
flowerType bisexual flowers ⓘ
growthForm annual herbs ⓘ
perennial herbs ⓘ
habitat arid regions ⓘ
open, sunny sites ⓘ
semi-arid regions ⓘ
hasCharacteristic herbaceous plants ⓘ
prostrate growth habit ⓘ
small genus of flowering plants ⓘ
three-lobed flowers ⓘ
trailing stems ⓘ
windmill-like flowers ⓘ
includesSpecies Allionia choisyi ⓘ
Allionia incarnata ⓘ
Allionia mexicana ⓘ
isFloweringPlantGenus true ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafArrangement opposite ⓘ
leafType simple leaves ⓘ
namedAfter Carlo Allioni ⓘ
nativeTo Americas ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
order Caryophyllales ⓘ
pollination insect-pollinated ⓘ
subdivisionRanks species ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nyctaginaceae → includesGenus → Allionia ⓘ
Nyctaginoideae → containsTaxon → Allionia ⓘ
subject linked to: subfamily Nyctaginoideae
Allionia incarnata → genus → Allionia ⓘ
Allionia mexicana → genus → Allionia ⓘ
Allionia choisyi → genus → Allionia ⓘ