Amauria

Amauria is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1844.[1][2]

Amauria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Perityleae
Genus:
Amauria

Type species
Amauria rotundifolia

The genus is endemic to the State of Baja California Sur in Mexico.[3]

Species[4]
  • Amauria brandegeana (Rose) Rydb. - Baja California Sur
  • Amauria carterae A.M.Powell - Baja California Sur
  • Amauria rotundifolia Benth. - Baja California Sur

References
  1. Bentham, George. 1844. The botany of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, during the years 1836-42. Published under the authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty 31-32 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  2. Tropicos, Amauria Benth.
  3. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford
  4. The Plant List search for Amauria


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