Vigethia

Mexican Green-eyed Sunflower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Vigethia
W.A.Weber
Binomial name
Vigethia mexicana
(S.Watson) W.A.Weber
Synonyms[1]

Wyethia mexicana S. Watson

Vigethia is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]

Species

There is only one known species, Vigethia mexicana, called the Mexican Green-eyed Sunflower,[4] native to the State of Nuevo León in northern Mexico.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Weber, William Alfred. 1943. Madroño 7: 97-100
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Vigethia W.A. Weber
  4. ↑ Plant Delights Nursery at Juniper Level Botanic Garden

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