Biology:Madia

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Madia
Madia elegans flower.jpg
Madia elegans
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Madieae
Subtribe: Madiinae
Genus: Madia
Molina 1782
Synonyms[1]
  • Madaria DC.
  • Harpaecarpus Nutt.
  • Biotia Cass.
  • Amida Nutt.
  • Madorella Nutt.
  • Madariopsis Nutt.

Madia is a genus of annual or perennial usually aromatic herbs with yellow flowers, in the tribe Madieae within the family Asteraceae.[2]

They are sometimes known as tarweeds. The species in this genus are native to western North America and southwestern South America. The name Madia is derived from native Chile an name ("Madi") for one of the members of the genus (Madia sativa).[2][3]

Species[1][4]
  • Madia anomala Greene - plumpseeded madia - northern California
  • Madia chilensis (Nutt.) Reiche - central Chile
  • Madia citrigracilis D.D.Keck - Shasta tarweed - northern California
  • Madia citriodora Greene - lemon-scented madia - northern California , NV, OR, Washington (state) , ID
  • Madia elegans D.Don ex Lindl. - common madia - northern California , NV, OR, Washington (state)
  • Madia exigua (Sm.) A.Gray - small tarweed - California OR Washington (state) NV ID MT BC, Baja California
  • Madia glomerata Hook. - mountain tarweed - mountains of western United States; scattered locales in Canada and in north-central + northeastern United States
  • Madia gracilis (Sm. ex Sm.) D.D.Keck - grassy tarweed - California OR Washington (state) NV ID UT MT BC
  • Madia radiata Kellogg - golden madia - California
  • Madia sativa Molina - coast tarweed - California OR Washington (state) NV ID BC; scattered populations in eastern Canada + northeastern United States; southern Argentina , southern Chile
  • Madia subspicata D.D.Keck - slender tarweed - California
formerly included[1]

see Anisocarpus Harmonia Jensia Kyhosia

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q267953 entry