Tidestromia suffruticosa

 Tidestromia suffruticosa, the shrubby honeysweet,[1] is a perennial plant in the family Amaranthaceae of the southwestern United States deserts. It has one of the highest rates of photosynthesis ever recorded.[2]

Tidestromia suffruticosa
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Tidestromia suffruticosa
Scientific classificationedit
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Amaranthaceae
Genus:Tidestromia
Species:
T. suffruticosa
Binomial name
Tidestromia suffruticosa
(Torr.) Standl.
Synonyms

Alternanthera suffruticosa Torr.

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