Venegasia
| Canyon sunflower | |
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| 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] | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tropicos, Venegasia DC.
- ↑ Blake, Sydney Fay. 1926. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 23(5): 1599
- ↑ Rydberg, Per Axel. 1914. North American Flora 34: 5
- ↑ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 43 in Latin
- ↑ Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 385 Venegasia de Candolle
- ↑ Turner, B. L. and D. Zippin. 1992. Taxonomic study of Venegasia (Asteraceae: Helenieae). Sida 15: 223–229
- ↑ Calflora, University of California @ Berkeley, Canyon sunflower
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- ↑ CalFlora Botanical Names
