Bahia (genus)

Bahia
Bahia ambrosioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Bahieae
Genus:	Bahia Lag. 1816 not Nutt. 1841[1]
Synonyms
Stylesia Nutt. Bahia Nutt. 1841 not Lag. 1816 Picradeniopsis Rydb. Antheropeas Rydb. Virletia Sch.Bip. ex Benth. & Hook.f.

Bahia is a small genus of perennial flowering plants in the sunflower family. The common name is also Bahia. It is named in honor of the Spanish botanist Juan Francisco Bahí (1775–1841).^[2]

The genus has a disjunct distribution in the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, Guatemala, and Chile, and is found in dry areas.^[3]

Species

1. Bahia absinthifolia – Hairyseed Bahia - USA (AZ UT NM TX); Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Durango, Aguascalientes)
2. Bahia alternifolia
3. Bahia ambrosioides - Chile incl. Juan Fernández Islands
4. Bahia aristata - Mexico
5. Bahia autumnalis - Nuevo León
6. Bahia bigelovii – Bigelow's Bahia - western Texas, Coahuila
7. Bahia biternata – Slim-lobe Bahia - Arizona, New Mexico, Chihuahua
8. Bahia depauperata - Guatemala
9. Bahia dissecta – Ragleaf Bahia, Ragged-leaf Bahia - USA (CA AZ UT CO WY NM TX); northern Mexico
10. Bahia glandulosa - Chihuahua, Durango
11. Bahia pedata – Blunt-scale Bahia - Texas, New Mexico, Durango
12. Bahia pringlei - Coahuila, Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz
13. Bahia schaffneri – Schaffner's Bahia - Nuevo León, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas
14. Bahia xylopoda - Hidalgo, Jalisco, Puebla, San Luis Potosí

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