''Bahiopsis'' is a

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flowering plants in the tribe

Heliantheae The Heliantheae (sometimes called the sunflower tribe) are the third-largest Tribe (biology), tribe in the sunflower family (Asteraceae). With some 190 genera and nearly 2500 recognized species, only the tribes Senecioneae and Astereae are large ...

within the family

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. It is native to the southwestern

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and northwestern

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, with several of the species

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to the Baja California Peninsula (States of

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and

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). Botanists Schilling & Panero in 2002 and 2011, studied the subtribe Helianthinae based on molecular sequences of nuclear ITS, ETS, and cpDNA, coming to a conclusion that the genus '' Viguiera'' , did not constitute a

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group. Among their conclusions they proposed to reclassify the genus, dividing and relocating its species in at least eleven genera: '' Aldama'' , ''Bahiopsis'' , '' Calanticaria'' , '' Davilanthus'' , '' Dendroviguiera'' , '' Gonzalezia'' , ''

Heiseria ''Heiseria'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. It is native to Peru. Botanists Edward E. Schilling and José Luis Panero in 2002 and 2011, studied the subtribe Helianthinae based on molecular sequences of nuclea ...

'' , ''

Heliomeris ''Heliomeris'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, known generally as false goldeneyes. They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico. One species, '' H. obscura'', is separated from the others, endemic to ...

'' , ''

Hymenostephium ''Hymenostephium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes herbs and slender shrubs that occur from Mexico through to Venezuela and north-western Argentina. Description ''Hymenostephium'' is characterized by the rela ...

'' , ''

Sidneya ''Sidneya'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. Its native range is southern central USA (in the states of New Mexico and Texas) to Mexico and El Salvador. The genus name of ''Sidneya'' is in honour of Sidney Fay ...

'' and ''Viguiera'' .

Species

As accepted;Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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References

Heliantheae Asteraceae genera Flora of Northern America {{Heliantheae-stub