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Bahia (plant)

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Bahia
Bahia ambrosioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Bahieae
Genus: Bahia
Lag. 1816 not Nutt. 1841[1]
Synonyms
  • Stylesia Nutt.
  • Bahia Nutt. 1841 not Lag. 1816
  • Picradeniopsis Rydb.
  • Antheropeas Rydb.
  • Virletia Sch.Bip. ex Benth. & Hook.f.

Bahia is a small genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The common name is also bahia. It is named in honor of the Spanish botanist Juan Francisco Bahí (1775–1841).[2]

The genus has a disjunct distribution in the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, Guatemala, and Chile, and is found in dry areas.[3]

Species[4]

References

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  1. ^ Triopicos, search for Bahia
  2. ^ Genaust, Helmut (1976). Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen ISBN 3-7643-0755-2
  3. ^ Ellison, W.L. 1964. A systematic study of the genus Bahia (Compositae). Rhodora 66: 67-86, 178-311.
  4. ^ The Plant List search for Bahia