Venegasia Explained

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]

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Flora of North America
• Photo gallery

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/149984#page/48/mode/1up Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1838. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 6: 43
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023655 Tropicos, Venegasia DC.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=134457 Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 385 Venegasia de Candolle
4. Turner, B. L. and D. Zippin. 1992. Taxonomic study of Venegasia (Asteraceae: Helenieae). Sida 15: 223–229
5. http://www.calflora.net/bloomingplants/canyonsunflower.html Calflora, University of California @ Berkeley, Canyon sunflower
6. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Venegasia Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
7. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Venegasia%20carpesioides.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
8. http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageV.html CalFlora Botanical Names