Dalea
Appearance
	
	
| Dalea | |
|---|---|
| Dalea candida | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Rosids | 
| Order: | Fabales | 
| Family: | Fabaceae | 
| Subfamily: | Faboideae | 
| Tribe: | Amorpheae | 
| Genus: | Dalea L. (1758)[1]  | 
| Species | |
| 
 182–219; see text  | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Dalea is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie clover[2] or indigo bush.[3] Its name honors English apothecary Samuel Dale (1659–1739).[4] They are native to the Western hemisphere, where they are distributed from Canada to Argentina.[5] Nearly half of the known species are endemic to Mexico.[6] Two species of Dalea (Dalea ornata and Dalea searlsiae) have been considered for rangeland restoration.[7]
Species
[edit]Dalea comprises the following species:[2][8][9][10]
- Dalea abietifolia (Rydb.) Bullock
 - Dalea acracarpica Barneby
 - Dalea adenopoda (Rydb.) Isely—Tampa prairie clover
 - Dalea aenigma Barneby
 - Dalea albiflora A. Gray—whiteflower prairie clover
 - Dalea analiliana Spellenb.
 - Dalea ananassa Barneby
 - Dalea antana J.F. Macbr.
 - Dalea arenicola (Wemple) B.L. Turner
 - Dalea aurea C. Fraser—golden prairie clover
 - Dalea austrotexana B.L.Turner[11]
 - Dalea ayavacensis Kunth
- var. ayavacensis Kunth
 - var. killipii (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby
 
 - Dalea azurea (Phil.) Reiche
 - Dalea bacchantum Barneby
 - Dalea bartonii Barneby—Warnock's prairie clover, Cox's dalea
 - Dalea bicolor Willd.—silver prairie clover
- var. argyrea (A.Gray) Barneby
 - var. bicolor Willd.
 - var. canescens (M.Martens & Galeotti) Barneby
 - var. naviculifolia (Hemsl.) Barneby
 - var. orcuttiana Barneby
 
 - Dalea boliviana Britton
 - Dalea boraginea Barneby
 - Dalea botterii (Rydb.) Barneby
 - Dalea brachystachya A. Gray—Fort Bowie prairie clover
 - Dalea brandegei (Rose) Bullock
 - Dalea caeciliae Harms
 - Dalea cahaba J.R.Allison—Cahaba prairie clover
 - Dalea candida Willd.—white prairie clover, white tassel-flower
- var. candida Willd.
 - var. oligophylla (Torr.) Shinners
 
 - Dalea capitata S. Watson
- var. capitata S. Watson
 - var. quinqueflora (Brandegee) Barneby
 
 - Dalea carnea (Michx.) Poir.—whitetassels
- var. albida (Torr. & A. Gray) Barneby
 - var. carnea (Michx.) Poir.
 
 - Dalea carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F. Macbr.—Cartagena prairie clover
- var. barbata (Oerst.) Barneby
 - var. brevis (J.F.Macbr.) Barneby
 - var. capitulata (Rydb.) Barneby
 - var. carthagenensis (Jacq.) J.F. Macbr.
 - var. floridana (Rydb.) Barneby
 - var. pilocarpa (Rusby) Barneby
 - var. portoricana Barneby
 - var. trichocalyx (Ulbr.) Barneby
 
 - Dalea ceciliana[12]—Cecilia's prairie clover
 - Dalea choanosema Barneby
 - Dalea chrysophylla Barneby
 - Dalea cinnamomea Barneby
 - Dalea cliffortiana Willd.
 - Dalea coerulea (L. f.) Schinz & Thell.
- var. coerulea (L. f.) Schinz & Thell.
 - var. longispicata (Ulbr.) Barneby
 
 - Dalea compacta Spreng.—compact prairie clover
- var. compacta Spreng.
 - var. pubescens (A.Gray) Barneby
 
 - Dalea confusa (Rydb.) Barneby
 - Dalea cora Barneby
 - Dalea crassifolia Hemsl.
 - Dalea cuatrecasasii Barneby
 - Dalea cuniculo-caudata Paul G. Wilson
 - Dalea cyanea Greene
 - Dalea cylindrica Hook.
- var. cylindrica Hook.
 - var. haenkeana Barneby
 - var. nova (Ulbr.) Barneby
 - var. sulfurea (Ulbr.) Barneby
 
 - Dalea cylindriceps Barneby—Andean prairie clover
 - Dalea daucosma Barneby
 - Dalea dipsacea Barneby
 - Dalea dispar C.V. Morton
 - Dalea dorycnoides DC.
 - Dalea elata Hook. & Arn.
 - Dalea elegans Hook. & Arn.
- var. elegans Hook. & Arn.
 - var. onobrychioides (Griseb.) Barneby
 
 - Dalea emarginata (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners—wedgeleaf prairie clover
 - Dalea enneandra Nutt.—nine-anther prairie clover
 - Dalea eriophylla S. Watson
 - Dalea erythrorhiza Greenm.
 - Dalea escobilla Barneby
 - Dalea exigua Barneby—Chihuahuan prairie clover
 - Dalea exilis DC.
 - Dalea exserta (Rydb.) Gentry—Mexican prairie clover
 - Dalea feayi (Chapman) Barneby—Feay's prairie clover
 - Dalea fieldii (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
 - Dalea filiciformis C.B.Rob. & Greenm.[13]
 - Dalea filiformis A. Gray—Sonoran prairie clover
 - Dalea flavescens (S. Watson) S.L.Welsh ex Barneby—Canyonlands prairie clover
 - Dalea foliolosa (Aiton) Barneby
- var. citrina (Rydb.) Barneby
 - var. foliolosa (Aiton) Barneby
 
 - Dalea foliosa (A. Gray) Barneby—leafy prairie clover
 - Dalea formosa Torr.—featherplume
 - Dalea frutescens A. Gray—black prairie clover, black dalea
 - Dalea galbina (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
 - Dalea gattingeri (A. Heller) Barneby—purpletassels
 - Dalea glumacea Barneby
 - Dalea grayi (Vail) L.O. Williams—Gray's prairie clover
 - Dalea greggii A. Gray—Gregg's prairie clover
 - Dalea gymnocodon Barneby
 - Dalea gypsophila Barneby
 - Dalea hallii A. Gray
 - Dalea hegewischiana Steud.
 - Dalea hemsleyana (Rose) Bullock
 - Dalea hintonii Sandwith
 - Dalea holwayi Rose
 - Dalea hospes (Rose) Bullock
 - Dalea humifusa Benth.
 - Dalea humilis G. Don
 - Dalea illustris Barneby
 - Dalea insignis Hemsl.
 - Dalea isidorii Barneby
 - Dalea jamesii (Torr.) Torr. & A. Gray—James' prairie clover
 - Dalea jamesonii (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
 - Dalea juncea (Rydb.) Wiggins
 - Dalea kuntzei Kuntze
 - Dalea lachnantha S.Schauer
 - Dalea lachnostachya A.Gray
 - Dalea lachnostachys A. Gray—glandleaf prairie clover
 - Dalea lamprostachya Barneby
 - Dalea lanata Spreng.—woolly prairie clover, woolly dalea
- var. lanata Spreng.
 - var. terminalis (M.E.Jones) Barneby
 
 - Dalea laniceps Barneby—woollyhead prairie clover
 - Dalea lasiathera A. Gray—purple dalea
 - Dalea leporina (Aiton) Bullock—foxtail prairie clover, hare's foot dalea
 - Dalea leptostachya DC.
 - Dalea leucosericea (Rydb.) Standl. & Steyerm.
 - Dalea leucostachya A. Gray
- var. eysenhardtioides (Hemsl.) Barneby
 - var. leucostachya A. Gray
 
 - Dalea luisana S. Watson
 - Dalea lumholtzii C.B.Rob. & Fernald—Lumholtz's prairie clover
 - Dalea lutea (Cav.) Willd.
- var. gigantea (Rydb.) Barneby
 - var. lutea (Cav.) Willd.
 
 - Dalea macrotropis S. Schauer
 - Dalea mcvaughii Barneby
 - Dalea melantha S. Schauer
 - Dalea mexiae Barneby
 - Dalea minutifolia (Rydb.) Harms
 - Dalea mixteca Barneby
 - Dalea mollis Benth.—hairy prairie clover
 - Dalea mollissima (Rydb.) Munz—soft prairie clover
 - Dalea moquehuana J.F. Macbr.
 - Dalea mucronata DC.
 - Dalea multiflora (Nutt.) Shinners—roundhead prairie clover
 - Dalea myriadenia Ulbr.
 - Dalea nana A. Gray—dwarf prairie clover
- var. carnescens (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles
 - var. nana A. Gray
 
 - Dalea nelsonii (Rydb.) Barneby
 - Dalea nemaphyllidia Barneby
 - Dalea neomexicana (A. Gray) Cory—downy prairie clover, New Mexico dalea
- var. longipila (Rydb.) Barneby
 - var. neomexicana (A. Gray) Cory
 
 - Dalea nobilis Barneby
 - Dalea obovata (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners
 - Dalea obovatifolia Ortega
- var. obovatifolia Ortega
 - var. uncifera (Schltdl. & Cham.) Barneby
 
 - Dalea obreniformis (Rydb.) Barneby
 - Dalea onobrychis DC.
 - Dalea ornata (Hook.) Eaton & Wright—Blue Mountain prairie clover, handsome prairie clover
 - Dalea parrasana Brandegee
 - Dalea pazensis Rusby
 - Dalea pectinata Kunth
 - Dalea pennellii (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
 - Dalea phleoides (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners—slimspike prairie clover
- var. microphylla (Torr. & A.Gray) Barneby
 - var. phleoides (Torr. & A. Gray) Shinners
 
 - Dalea pinetorum Gentry
 - Dalea pinnata (J.F. Gmel.) Barneby—summer farewell
 - Dalea piptostegia Barneby
 - Dalea plantaginoides Barneby
 - Dalea pogonathera A. Gray—bearded prairie clover
- var. pogonathera A. Gray
 - var. walkerae (Tharp & F. A. Barkley) B. L. Turner
 
 - Dalea polygonoides A. Gray—sixweeks prairie clover
 - Dalea polystachya (Sessé & Moc.) Barneby
 - Dalea pringlei A. Gray—Pringle's prairie clover
 - Dalea prostrata Ortega
 - Dalea pseudocorymbosa A.E.Estrada & Villarreal[6]
 - Dalea pulchella G. Don
 - Dalea pulchra Gentry—Santa Catalina prairie clover
 - Dalea purpurea Vent.—purple prairie clover, violet dalea
 - Dalea purpusii Brandegee
 - Dalea quercetorum Standl. & L.O. Williams
 - Dalea radicans S. Watson
 - Dalea reclinata (Cav.) Willd.
 - Dalea reverchonii (S. Watson) Shinners
 - Dalea revoluta S. Watson
 - Dalea rubrolutea Barneby
 - Dalea rupertii A.E. Estrada, Villarreal & M. González
 - Dalea rzedowskii Barneby
 - Dalea sabinalis (S. Watson) Shinners—sabinal prairie clover
 - Dalea saffordii (Rose) Bullock
 - Dalea scandens (Mill.) R.T. Clausen—low prairie clover
- var. occidentalis (Rydb.) Barneby
 - var. paucifolia (J.M.Coult.) Barneby
 - var. scandens (Mill.) R.T. Clausen
 - var. vulneraria (Oerst.) Barneby
 
 - Dalea scariosa S. Watson—Albuquerque prairie clover
 - Dalea schiblii Medina & M. Sousa
 - Dalea searlsiae (A. Gray) Barneby—Searls' prairie clover
 - Dalea sericea Lag.
 - Dalea sericocalyx (Rydb.) L. Riley
 - Dalea similis Hemsl.
 - Dalea simulatrix Barneby
 - Dalea smithii (J.F. Macbr.) J.F. Macbr.
 - Dalea sousae Barneby
 - Dalea strobilacea Barneby
 - Dalea tapacariensis Kuntze
 - Dalea tentaculoides Gentry—Gentry's indigobush
 - Dalea tenuicaulis Hook. f.
 - Dalea tenuifolia (A. Gray) Shinners—slimleaf prairie clover, bigtop dalea
 - Dalea tenuis (J.M. Coult.) Shinners—pinkglobe prairie clover
 - Dalea thouinii Schrank
 - Dalea tinctoria Brandegee
 - Dalea tolteca Barneby
 - Dalea tomentosa (Cav.) Willd.
- var. mota Barneby
 - var. psoraleoides (Moric.) Barneby
 - var. tomentosa (Cav.) Willd.
 
 - Dalea transiens Barneby
 - Dalea tridactylites Barneby
 - Dalea trifoliata Zucc.
 - Dalea trochilina Brandegee
 - Dalea uniflora (Barneby) G.L. Nesom
 - Dalea urceolata Greene—pineforest prairie clover
- var. lucida (Rydb.) Barneby
 - var. urceolata Greene
 
 - Dalea verna Barneby
 - Dalea versicolor Zucc.—oakwoods prairie clover
- subsp. argyrostachya (Hook. & Arn.) Barneby
 - subsp. glabrescens (Rydb.) Barneby
 - subsp. sessilis (A. Gray) Barneby
 - subsp. versicolor Zucc.
 
 - Dalea villosa (Nutt.) Spreng.—silky prairie clover
- var. grisea (Torr. & A.Gray) Barneby
 - var. villosa (Nutt.) Spreng.
 
 - Dalea virgata Lag.
 - Dalea viridiflora S. Watson
 - Dalea weberbaueri Ulbr.
- var. sericophylla (Ulbr.) Barneby
 - var. weberbaueri Ulbr.
 
 - Dalea wigginsii Barneby
 - Dalea wrightii A. Gray—Wright's prairie clover
 - Dalea zimapanica S. Schauer
 
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
[edit]The status of the following species is unresolved:[10]
- Dalea acutiflora Steud.
 - Dalea barbata (Oerst.) Aymard
 - Dalea diversicolor Rydb.
 - Dalea flavorosea Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
 - Dalea goldmani (Rose) L.Riley
 - Dalea humboldtiana Velarde
 - Dalea hypoglottidea DC.
 - Dalea lagopoda St.-Lag.
 - Dalea lateripes Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
 - Dalea longipes Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
 - Dalea lutescens Cervantes ex G. Don
 - Dalea megalostachya (Rose) Wiggins
 - Dalea melilotoides Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
 - Dalea moricandi D. Dietr.
 - Dalea mota Gentry
 - Dalea multifoliata Phil.f.
 - Dalea pendulina Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
 - Dalea polyadenia F. Heller
 - Dalea scopa Barneby
 - Dalea seleriana Harms
 - Dalea unguicularis Moc. & Sessé ex DC.
 - Dalea unifoliolata C.B.Rob. & Greenm.
 - Dalea vernica (Rose) Greenm.
 - Dalea watsonii (Rose) Gentry
 - Dalea whitingi Kearney & Peebles
 
Gallery
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Dalea L. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
 - ^ a b "Dalea". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
 - ^ Bailey LH; Bailey EZ; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium (1976). Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. New York, NY: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-02-505470-7.
 - ^ Holloway JE; Neill A. (2005). A Dictionary of Common Wildflowers of Texas & the Southern Great Plains. Fort Worth, Texas: TCU Press. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-87565-309-9.
 - ^ Woods M; Hughes WS. (2013). "The genus Dalea in Alabama" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 2013 (30): 1–12. ISSN 2153-733X.
 - ^ a b Estrada-Castillón AE; Villarreal-Quintanilla JA. (2008). "A new species of Dalea sect. Parosela (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae: Amorpheae) from Durango, Mexico". Brittonia. 60 (4): 332–35. Bibcode:2008Britt..60..332E. doi:10.1007/s12228-008-9039-7.
 - ^ Cane JH; Weber M; Miller S. (2012). "Breeding biologies, pollinators, and seed beetles of two prairie-clovers, Dalea ornata and Dalea searlsiae (Fabaceae: Amorpheae), from the Intermountain West, USA" (PDF). Western North American Naturalist. 72 (1): 16–20. doi:10.3398/064.072.0102.
 - ^ "ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for Dalea". International Legume Database & Information Service. Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
 - ^ USDA; ARS; National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Dalea". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
 - ^ a b "The Plant List entry for Dalea". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
 - ^ Turner BL. (2006). "Dalea austrotexana (Fabaceae), a new species from southernmost Texas" (PDF). Phytologia. 88 (3): 288–93. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.10455.
 - ^ Turner BL. (2010). "A new species of Dalea (Fabaceae) from southernmost Texas" (PDF). Phytoneuron. 2010 (50): 1–5. ISSN 2153-733X.
 - ^ It has been proposed that Dalea filiciformis be transferred to the genus Marina. See McMahon M; Hufford L. (2004). "Phylogeny of Amorpheae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae)". Am J Bot. 91 (8): 1219–1230. doi:10.3732/ajb.91.8.1219. PMID 21653479. and Cardoso et al. 2013.