Venegasia is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.[4][1][5][6]
Venegasia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 DC. | |
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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
Taxon identifiers | |
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Venegasia carpesioides |
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Venegasia | |
Venegasiinae |
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