Venegasia

Canyon sunflower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Madieae[1]
Genus: Venegasia
DC.
Binomial name
Venegasia carpesioides
DC.
Synonyms[2][3][4]
  • Venegasia deltoidea Rydb.
  • Venegasia carpesioides deltoides (Rydb.) S.F. Blake

Venegasia is a genus of North American plants in the tarweed tribe within the sunflower family.[5][2][6][7]

Venegasia carpesioides is the only known species in the genus. It is shrubby bush growing to 1.8 m tall and prefers locations in moist canyons in southern California,[8] and in Baja California. It is commonly known as the Canyon sunflower.[1][9]

Venegasia was named after the Mexican historian Miguel Venegas, 1680–1764.[10]

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References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 1 2 Tropicos, Venegasia DC.
  3. ↑ Blake, Sydney Fay. 1926. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(5): 1599
  4. ↑ Rydberg, Per Axel. 1914. North American Flora 34: 5
  5. ↑ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 43 in Latin
  6. ↑ Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 385 Venegasia de Candolle
  7. ↑ Turner, B. L. and D. Zippin. 1992. Taxonomic study of Venegasia (Asteraceae: Helenieae). Sida 15: 223–229
  8. ↑ Calflora, University of California @ Berkeley, Canyon sunflower
  9. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  10. ↑ CalFlora Botanical Names
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