Kallstroemia
Kallstroemia is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. The approximately 17 species it contains are native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the Americas. The flower and fruit morphology is similar to Tribulus. The convex fruits separate into about 10 nutlets each with one seed. The genus is named after A. Kallstroem who lived in the 18th century.
21 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Arizona poppy
speciesKallstroemia grandiflora
Warty Caltrop
speciesKallstroemia parviflora
Big caltrop
speciesKallstroemia maxima
California caltrop
speciesKallstroemia californica
Kallstroemia rosei
speciesKallstroemia rosei
Baja California Caltrop
speciesKallstroemia peninsularis
Caribbean caltrop
speciesKallstroemia pubescens
Kallstroemia tribuloides
speciesKallstroemia tribuloides
Kallstroemia boliviana
speciesKallstroemia boliviana
Kallstroemia hageri
speciesKallstroemia hageri
Hairy Caltrop
speciesKallstroemia hirsutissima
Kallstroemia tucumanensis
speciesKallstroemia tucumanensis
Perennial Caltrop
speciesKallstroemia perennans
Kallstroemia pennellii
speciesKallstroemia pennellii
Kallstroemia hintonii
speciesKallstroemia hintonii
Kallstroemia adscendens
speciesKallstroemia adscendens
Kallstroemia mexicana
speciesKallstroemia mexicana
Kallstroemia curta
speciesKallstroemia curta
Kallstroemia standleyi
speciesKallstroemia standleyi
Kallstroemia incana
speciesKallstroemia incana
Kallstroemia porteri
speciesKallstroemia porteri
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72202.