Venegasia

Venegasia is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.[4][1][5][6]

Venegasia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Madieae
Subtribe: Venegasiinae
B.G.Baldwin
Genus: Venegasia
DC.
Species:
V. carpesioides
Binomial name
Venegasia carpesioides
Synonyms[1][2][3]
  • Venegasia deltoidea Rydb.
  • Venegasia carpesioides var. deltoides (Rydb.) S.F. Blake

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,[7] and in Baja California. It is commonly known as the canyon sunflower.[8][9]

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

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

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