Viguiera

Viguiera is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. The name honours French physician L. G. Alexandre Viguier (1790–1867).[2] It contains around 150 species, which are commonly known as goldeneyes and are native to the New World.[3] These are herbs to bushy shrubs that bear yellow or orange daisy-like flowers.

Viguiera
Viguiera stenoloba
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Viguiera

Species

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Synonyms

Haplocalymma S.F.Blake[1]

Selected species

  • Viguiera australis S.F.Blake
  • Viguiera cordifolia A.Gray Heartleaf Goldeneye
  • Viguiera dentata (Cav.) Spreng. Sunflower Goldeneye, Toothleaf Goldeneye
  • Viguiera media S.F.Blake
  • Viguiera nudicaulis Baker
  • Viguiera paneroi B.L.Turner
  • Viguiera pazensis Rusby
  • Viguiera phenax S.F.Blake Field Goldeneye
  • Viguiera procumbens (Pers.) S.F.Blake
  • Viguiera sodiroi (Hieron.) S.F.Blake
  • Viguiera stenoloba S.F.Blake Skeletonleaf Goldeneye
  • Viguiera sylvatica Klatt
  • Viguiera triloba (A.Gray) J.Olsen Yellow Streamers
  • Viguiera tuberosa (Sch.Bip.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Griseb.[4][5]

Formerly placed here

References

  1. "Genus: Viguiera Kunth". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1996-09-17. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  2. Schilling, Edward E. "301. Viguiera Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 4(fol.): 176. 1818; 4(qto.): 224, plate 379. 1820". Flora of North America. eFloras.org. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
  3. Blake, S. F. (1918). "A revision of the genus Viguiera". Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University. 54.
  4. "Viguiera". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  5. "Species Records of Viguiera". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  6. Schilling, E. E.; J. L. Panero (2002). "A revised classification of subtribe Helianthinae (Asteraceae: Heliantheae). I. Basal lineages". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 140: 65–76. doi:10.1046/j.1095-8339.2002.00079.x.


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