Bebbia

sweetbush
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:

References

  1. 1 2 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

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