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''Purshia'' (bitterbrush or cliff-rose) is a small genus of 5-8 species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae, native to western North America, where they grow in dry climates from southeast British Columbia in Canada south throughout the western United States to northern Mexico. The classification of ''Purshia'' within the Rosaceae has been unclear.〔Morgan, D.R., et al. (1994). Systematic and evolutionary implications of rbcL sequence variation in Rosaceae. ''American Journal of Botany''. 81(7): 890–903.〕〔Eriksson, T., et al. (2003). The phylogeny of Rosoideae (Rosaceae) based on sequences of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and the trnL/F region of chloroplast DNA. ''International Journal of Plant Sciences''. 164: 197–211.〕 The genus was originally placed in the subfamily Rosoideae, but is now placed in subfamily Dryadoideae.〔Potter, D., et al. (2007). Phylogeny and classification of Rosaceae. ''Plant Systematics and Evolution''. 266(1–2): 5–43.〕 They are deciduous or evergreen shrubs, typically reaching 0.3–5 m tall. The leaves are small, 1–3 cm long, deeply three- to five-lobed, with revolute margins. The flowers are 1–2 cm diameter, with five white to pale yellow or pink petals and yellow stamens. The fruit is a cluster of dry, slender, leathery achenes 2–6 cm long. The roots have root nodules that host the nitrogen-fixing bacterium ''Frankia''.〔Swensen, S.M.; Mullin, B.C. (1997). The impact of molecular systematics on hypotheses for the evolution of root nodule symbioses and implications for expanding symbioses to new host plant genera. ''Plant and Soil''. 194: 185–192.〕 The evergreen species were treated separately in the genus ''Cowania'' in the past; this genus is still accepted by some botanists. ==Species== *''Purshia ericifolia'' - Heath cliffrose. Texas. *''Purshia glandulosa'' - Desert bitterbrush. Nevada, Utah, Arizona. *''Purshia mexicana'' - Mexican cliffrose (syn. ''Cowania mexicana''). Mexico, Arizona. *''Purshia pinkavae'' - Pinkava's cliffrose. Arizona. *''Purshia plicata'' - Antelope bush (syn. ''Cowania plicata''). Mexico (Nuevo León). *''Purshia stansburyana'' - Stansbury cliffrose (syn. ''P. mexicana'' var. ''stansburiana'', ''Cowania stansburiana''). Idaho south to California, Arizona and New Mexico. *''Purshia subintegra'' (possibly a hybrid between ''P. pinkavae'' and ''P. stansburyana''). Arizona. *''Purshia tridentata'' - Antelope bitterbrush. British Columbia south to California and New Mexico. Image:Purshia_tridentata_8234.jpg|''P. tridentata'', Lava Beds National Monument Image:Purshia stansburiana 1.jpg|''P. stansburiana'', Red Rock Canyon, Nevada Image:Purshia stansburiana 4.jpg|''P. stansburiana'', Red Rock Canyon, Nevada 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Purshia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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