Tiquilia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. The 27 species in this genus are known by the common name crinklemat.[2] They are native to the Western Hemisphere and are mostly found in desert regions.

Tiquilia
Tiquilia canescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Subfamily:	Ehretioideae
Genus:	Tiquilia Pers.
Type species
Tiquilia dichotoma (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Eddya Torr. & A.Gray Galapagoa Hook.f. Monomesia Raf. Ptilocalyx Torr. & A.Gray Stegnocarpus Torr. & A.Gray Tiquiliopsis A.Heller[1]

Selected species

• Tiquilia canescens (DC.) A.T.Richardson. – woody crinklemat
• Tiquilia darwinii (Hook.f.) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia fusca Hook.f.
• Tiquilia galapagoa (J.T.Howell) A.T.Richardson
• Tiquilia gossypina (Woot. & Standl.) A.T.Richardson. – Texas crinklemat
• Tiquilia greggii (Torr. & A.Gray) A.T.Richardson. – plumed crinklemat
• Tiquilia hispidissima (Torr. & A.Gray) A.T.Richardson. – hairy crinklemat
• Tiquilia latior (I.M.Johnst.) A.T.Richardson. – matted crinklemat
• Tiquilia mexicana (S.Watson) A.T.Richardson. – Mexican crinklemat
• Tiquilia nesiotica (J.T.Howell) A.T.Richardson – Gray Matplant
• Tiquilia nuttallii (Benth.) A. T. Richardson – Nuttall's crinklemat[3]
• Tiquilia palmeri (A.Gray) A.T.Richardson. – Palmer's crinklemat
• Tiquilia paronychoides (Phil.) A.T.Richardson. – Peruvian sand flower[4]
• Tiquilia plicata (Torr.) A.T.Richardson. – plaited crinklemat, fanleaf crinklemat[5]

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  T. greggii, or “plumed crinklemat”, in natural state.
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  T. greggii, or “plumed crinklemat”, detail of inflorescence.

References

External links

• Data related to Tiquilia at Wikispecies
• USDA Plants Profile for Tiquilia
• Jepson Manual Treatment of Tiquilia

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