Venegasia
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| Genus: | Venegasia |
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| Venegasia carpesioides | |
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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
- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ a b 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
