Madia
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Madia Molina |
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- For the furniture piece, see Madia (furniture)
- For a people of Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, India see Madia Gond.
Madia is a genus of annual or perennial usually aromatic herbs, which have yellow flowers, in the family Asteraceae (sunflower family). They are sometimes known as tarweeds. The 11 species in this genus are native to western North America and southwestern South America. The name Madia is derived from a Chilean name ("Madi") for one of the members of the genus.
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[edit] Species
- Madia anomala Greene - plumpseeded madia
- Madia chilensis (Nutt.) Reiche
- Madia citrigracilis D.D.Keck - Shasta tarweed
- Madia citriodora Greene - lemon-scented madia
- Madia elegans D.Don ex Lindl. - common madia
- Madia exigua (Sm.) A.Gray - small tarweed
- Madia glomerata Hook. - mountain tarweed
- Madia gracilis (Sm. ex Sm.) D.D.Keck - grassy tarweed
- Madia radiata Kellogg - golden madia
- Madia sativa Molina - coast tarweed
- Madia subspicata D.D.Keck - slender tarweed
[edit] Synonims
- Madia bolanderi = Kyhosia bolanderi
- Madia doris-nilesiae = Harmonia doris-nilesiae
- Madia hallii = Harmonia hallii
- Madia madioides = Anisocarpus madioides
- Madia minima = Hemizonella minima
- Madia nutans = Harmonia nutans
- Madia stebbinsii = Harmonia stebbinsii
- Madia yosemitana = Jensia yosemitana
[edit] References
- ^ "Madia". Global Compositae Checklist. http://compositae.landcareresearch.co.nz/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=be73c69b-627d-421a-a8dd-1c05d1e2c017. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
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[edit] External links
- USDA Plants Profile for Madia (tarweed)
- U.H.Botany: Asteraceae; Heliantheae-Madiinae; Madia — Gerald Carr's site at the University of Hawaii.
- "Madia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=38017.
- Jepson Manual treatment: Madia
- Madia — U.C. Photos Gallery
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