Kingdom Plantae Tribe Bahieae Higher classification Daisy family | Order Asterales Scientific name Bahia Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Bahia ambrosioides, Amauriopsis dissecta, Bahia trolliifolia | ||
Bahia is a small genus of perennial flowering plants in the sunflower family. The common name is also bahia. It is named in honor of the Spanish botanist Juan Francisco Bahí (1775–1841).
The genus has a disjunct distribution in the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, Guatemala, and Chile, and is found in dry areas.
- Bahia absinthifolia – Hairyseed Bahia - USA (Arizona Utah New Mexico Texas); Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Durango, Aguascalientes)
- Bahia ambrosioides - Chile incl. Juan Fernández Islands
- Bahia aristata - Mexico
- Bahia autumnalis - Nuevo León
- Bahia bigelovii – Bigelow's Bahia - western Texas, Coahuila
- Bahia biternata – Slim-lobe Bahia - Arizona, New Mexico, Chihuahua
- Bahia depauperata - Guatemala
- Bahia glandulosa - Chihuahua, Durango
- Bahia pedata – Blunt-scale Bahia - Texas, New Mexico, Durango
- Bahia pringlei - Coahuila, Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz
- Bahia schaffneri - Nuevo León, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas
- Bahia xylopoda - Hidalgo, Jalisco, Puebla, San Luis Potosí
References
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