Benitoa
| Benitoa | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Astereae |
| Genus: | Benitoa D.D.Keck |
| Species: | B. occidentalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Benitoa occidentalis (H.M.Hall) D.D.Keck | |
Benitoa is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae.[1][2] [3][4]
This is a monotypic genus containing the single species Benitoa occidentalis, which is known simply as benitoa. It is sometimes included in genus Lessingia as the synonym Lessingia occidentalis.[5][6]
Benitoa is endemic to California, where it is known mostly from San Benito County, the region for which it is named.[5][7] It is a member of the serpentine soils flora.
References
- ↑ Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Astereae" (HTML). Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ UniProt. "Tribe Astereae" (HTML). Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ National Herbarium of New South Wales. "Genus Kippistia" (HTML). New South Wales FloraOnline. Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ "Polyarrhena Cass." (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nesom, G. L. (2000). Generic conspectus of the tribe Astereae (Asteraceae) in North America and Central America, the Antilles, and Hawaii. Botanical Research Institute of Texas. pg 20.
- ↑ Jepson Manual Treatment
- ↑ Flora of North America: genus Benitoa