Venegasia
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Venegasia is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3][4]
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,[5] and in Baja California. It is commonly known as the canyon sunflower.[6][7]
Venegasia was named after the Mexican historian Miguel Venegas, 1680–1764.[8]
References
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- ↑ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 43 in Latin
- ↑ Tropicos, Venegasia DC.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
- ↑ CalFlora Botanical Names
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