Deinandra Explained

Deinandra is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2]} Such a genus is not recognized as distinct by all authorities; its species are often treated as members of the genus Hemizonia.^{[3] [4]}

Distribution

Deinandra plants are native to the Western United States (California and Arizona); and northwest Mexico (Baja California and Baja California Sur).^[5]

Species

The following species are accepted in the genus Deinandra:^[6]

• Deinandra arida - Red Rock tarweed - Kern County, California
• Deinandra bacigalupii - Livermore tarweed - Alameda County, California
• Deinandra clementina - California
• Deinandra conjugens - Otay tarweed: Otay Mesa area in San Diego County, California and Baja California
• Deinandra corymbosa - California from Santa Barbara County to Humboldt County
• Deinandra fasciculata - clustered tarweed: southern California and Baja California
• Deinandra floribunda - California and Baja California
• Deinandra frutescens - Guadalupe Island, Mexico
• Deinandra greeneana - Baja California including Guadalupe Island^[7]
• Deinandra halliana - central California (Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, San Benito Counties)
• Deinandra increscens - grassland tarweed - central California (Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara Counties)
• Deinandra kelloggii - California (from Mendocino to Imperial Counties), Arizona (Pima County), Baja California
• Deinandra lobbii - central and northern California
• Deinandra martirensis - Baja California, Baja California Sur
• Deinandra minthornii - Santa Susana tarweed: California endemic in Santa Susana Mountains, Simi Hills, and Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties). (State and CNPS listed 'rare species.')
• Deinandra mohavensis - Mojave tarweed - California (San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Kern Counties)
• Deinandra pallida - California (from Solano County to Los Angeles County)
• Deinandra palmeri - Baja California
• Deinandra paniculata - California and Baja California
• Deinandra pentactis - central California (Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Kings, San Benito, Santa Clara, San Mateo Counties)
• Deinandra streetsii - Baja California

External links

• • USDA Plants Profile: Deinandra

Notes and References

1. Greene, Edward Lee. 1897. Flora Franciscana 4: 424–425
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023024 Tropicos, Deinandra Greene
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=109480 Flora of North America: Deinandra
4. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/641200#page/463/mode/1up Baldwin, Bruce G. 1999. New combinations and new genera in North American tarweeds (Asteraceae - Madiinae). Novon 9:462-471
5. Tanowitz, B. D. 1982. Taxonomy of Hemizonia sect. Madiomeris (Asteraceae: Madiinae). Systematic Botany 7: 314–339
6. Web site: Deinandra Greene Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2022-05-31 . Plants of the World Online . en.
7. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/368605#page/32/mode/1up Rose, Joseph Nelson. 1890. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 1: 24-25