Bahia (genus)

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Bahia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Bahieae
Genus: Bahia
Lagasca
Species

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Bahia is a small genus of about 12 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The common name is also Bahia.

The genus has a disjunct distribution in the southwestern United States and Chile, and is found in dry areas.

[edit] Selected species

  • Bahia absinthifolia – Hairyseed Bahia
    • Bahia absinthifolia var. absinthifolia – Hairyseed Bahia
    • Bahia absinthifolia var. dealbata – Dealbata's Bahia
  • Bahia ambrosioides
  • Bahia bigelovii – Bigelow's Bahia
  • Bahia biternata – Slim-lobe Bahia
  • Bahia dissecta – Ragleaf Bahia, Ragged-leaf Bahia
  • Bahia lanata
  • Bahia pedata – Blunt-scale Bahia
  • Bahia schaffneri – Schaffner's Bahia
  • Bahia trolliifolia

[edit] References

  • Ellison, W.L. 1964. A systematic study of the genus Bahia (Compositae). Rhodora 66: 67-86, 178-311.