Baeria (other)
''Baeria'' is an unaccepted scientific name and may refer to two different genera: * ''Lasthenia'', genus of flowers * ''Leuconia'', a genus of sea sponges See also * ''Baiera ''Baiera'' is a genus of prehistoric gymnosperms in the order Ginkgoales. It is one of the oldest fossil foliage types of Ginkgoales, and is related to the genera ''Ginkgo'' and ''Ginkgoites''. Fossils of ''Baiera'' are found worldwide, and ha ...

Lasthenia
''Lasthenia'', commonly known as goldfields, is a genus of flowering plants family Asteraceae. The genus is named after Lasthenia of Mantinea, a cross-dressing female pupil of the ancient Greek philosopher Plato. Description The goldfield genus comprises annual (rarely perennial) herbs that are either glabrous or hairy. Stems are typically branched and erect, attaining a height of less than . Their opposite leaves, up to in length, have entire margins and pinnate venation. Inflorescences are characterized by solitary heads (sometimes in cymes), with phyllaries free or partly fused. The receptacle may present as naked and narrowly conic to hemispherical. The normally yellow ray florets may number 4 to 16, and the ligules are typically yellow as well. The numerous disk florets typically have yellow, 5-lobed corollae. Anther tips manifest as acuminate to triangular. Style tips may be triangular or round and are typically hair-tufted. Fruits are less than across, cylind ...
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Leuconia
''Leuconia'' is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Baeriidae. It was described by English anatomist and zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1833.Grant, R. E. (1833). Lectures on Comparative Anatomy and Animal Physiology. Lecture IV. On the classification of the organs of animals, and on the organs of support in animalcules and poripherous animals. ''The Lancet'', 1(531), 193–200. Species The following species of ''Leuconia'' are accepted in the World Porifera database: *''Leuconia alaskensis'' de Laubenfels, 1953de Laubenfels, M. W. (1953). Sponges of the Alaskan Arctic. ''Smithsonian Miscellaneous Publications'', 121(6), 1–22. *''Leuconia dura'' (Hozawa, 1929)Hozawa, S. (1929). Studies on the calcareous sponges of Japan. ''Journal of the Faculty of Scinece, Imperial University of Tokyo, Zoology'', 1, 277–389. *''Leuconia gladiator'' (Dendy, 1893)Dendy. A. (1892). Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocœla; with a proposed classification of the group and descrip ...
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