Bebbia
Appearance
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Bebbia juncea var aspera | |
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Genus: | Bebbia |
Species: | B. juncea
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Type species | |
Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene
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Carphephorus section Kuhniodes Benth. |
Bebbia, common name sweetbush, is a genus of aromatic shrubs in the daisy family.[1][2]
It is native to the southwestern United States (California, Nevada, Arizona, southwestern Utah, southwestern New Mexico, and extreme western Texas (El Paso County)) and northern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur).[3] It bears plentiful yellow discoid flowers.[4][5]
- Species
Some authors combine the entire genus into one species, B. juncea.[6] The Global Compositae Checklist [7] and The Plant List[8] accept two species, with B. juncea divided into two varieties:
- Bebbia atriplicifolia (A.Gray) Greene - Baja California Sur
- Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene
- Bebbia juncea var. juncea
- Bebbia juncea var. aspera (Benth.) Greene
References
- ^ a b Greene, Edward Lee. 1885. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 1(4A): 179–181 in English
- ^ Tropicos, Bebbia Greene
- ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
- ^ Whalen, M. 1977. Taxonomy of Bebbia (Compositae: Heliantheae). Madroño 24: 112–123.
- ^ Flora of North America, Bebbia Greene
- ^ Johnston, Ivan Murray. 1924. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 12:1197
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ The Plant List, search for Bebbia
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