Bebbia

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Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea var aspera 4.jpg
Bebbia juncea var aspera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Heliantheae
Genus:
Bebbia

(Benth.) Greene
Species:
B. juncea
Type species
Bebbia juncea
(Benth.) Greene
Synonyms[1]

Carphephorus section Kuhniodes Benth.

Bebbia, common name sweetbush, is a genus of aromatic shrubs in the daisy family.[1][2]

It is native to the southwestern United States (California, Nevada, Arizona, southwestern Utah, southwestern New Mexico, and extreme western Texas (El Paso County)) and northern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur).[3] It bears plentiful yellow discoid flowers.[4][5]

Species

Some authors combine the entire genus into one species, B. juncea.[6] The Global Compositae Checklist [7] and The Plant List[8] accept two species, with B. juncea divided into two varieties:

  • (A.Gray) Greene - Baja California Sur
  • Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene
    • Bebbia juncea var. juncea
    • Bebbia juncea var. aspera (Benth.) Greene

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Greene, Edward Lee. 1885. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 1(4A): 179–181 in English
  2. ^ Tropicos, Bebbia Greene
  3. ^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  4. ^ Whalen, M. 1977. Taxonomy of Bebbia (Compositae: Heliantheae). Madroño 24: 112–123.
  5. ^ Flora of North America, Bebbia Greene
  6. ^ Johnston, Ivan Murray. 1924. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 12:1197
  7. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  8. ^ The Plant List, search for Bebbia

External links[]

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