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"Desert Sunflower" redirects here. For the other species commonly known as Desert Sunflower, see Helianthus deserticola.

Desertsunflower
Geraea canescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Heliantheae[1]
Genus:
Geraea

Torr. & A.Gray, 1847
Type species
Geraea canescens

Geraea is a genus of the sunflower family from southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, commonly called the Desertsunflowers.[2][3]

Species[1][4][5][6]
  1. Geraea canescens Torr. & A.Gray - California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah
  2. Geraea viscida (A.Gray) S.F.Blake - California (San Diego + Imperial Counties), Baja California

References

  1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Torrey, John & Asa Gray. 1847. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1: 48–49 in Latin
  3. ^ Tropicos, Geraea Torr. & A. Gray
  4. ^ The Plant List, search for Geraea
  5. ^ Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 122, Desert-sunflower Geraea Torrey & A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 1: 48. 1847.
  6. ^ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps


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