Venegasia | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Madieae |
Subtribe: |
Venegasiinae B.G.Baldwin |
Genus: |
Venegasia DC. |
Species: | V. carpesioides
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Binomial name | |
Venegasia carpesioides | |
Synonyms [1] [2] [3] | |
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Venegasia is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. [4] [1] [5] [6]
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, [7] and in Baja California. It is commonly known as the canyon sunflower. [8] [9]
Venegasia was named after the Mexican historian Miguel Venegas, 1680–1764. [10]
Media related to
Venegasia carpesioides at Wikimedia Commons
Venegasia | |
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![]() | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Madieae |
Subtribe: |
Venegasiinae B.G.Baldwin |
Genus: |
Venegasia DC. |
Species: | V. carpesioides
|
Binomial name | |
Venegasia carpesioides | |
Synonyms [1] [2] [3] | |
|
Venegasia is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae. [4] [1] [5] [6]
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, [7] and in Baja California. It is commonly known as the canyon sunflower. [8] [9]
Venegasia was named after the Mexican historian Miguel Venegas, 1680–1764. [10]
Media related to
Venegasia carpesioides at Wikimedia Commons