Dayia (plant) explained

Dayia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polemoniaceae.^[1]

Its native range is Southwestern Texas to Northern Mexico, and Northern Chile.

The genus name of 'Dayia' is in honour of Alva Day Grant (1920–2014), American botanist and professor at the University of Texas at Austin.^[2]

Species known:

• Dayia glutinosa
• Dayia grantii
• Dayia havardii
• Dayia scabra
• Dayia sonorae

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dayia J.M.Porter Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 21 March 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.