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| Bahia ambrosioides | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Bahieae |
| Genus: | Bahia Lagasca |
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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. It is named in honor of the spanish botanist Juan Francisco Bahí (1775 - 1841).[1]
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
- Bahia xylopoda
[edit] References
- Ellison, W.L. 1964. A systematic study of the genus Bahia (Compositae). Rhodora 66: 67-86, 178-311.
- ^ Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2
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