Bebbia

Bebbia, common name sweetbush, is a genus of aromatic shrubs in the daisy family.[1][2]

Sweetbush
Bebbia juncea var aspera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Heliantheae
Genus:
Bebbia

Species:
B. juncea
Type species
Bebbia juncea
(Benth.) Greene
Synonyms[1]

Carphephorus section Kuhniodes Benth.

It is native to the southwestern United States (California, Nevada, Arizona, southwestern Utah, southwestern New Mexico, and extreme western Texas (El Paso County)) and northern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur).[3] It bears plentiful yellow discoid flowers.[4][5]

Species

Some authors combine the entire genus into one species, B. juncea.[6] The Global Compositae Checklist [7] and The Plant List[8] accept two species, with B. juncea divided into two varieties:

  • Bebbia atriplicifolia (A.Gray) Greene - Baja California Sur
  • Bebbia juncea (Benth.) Greene
    • Bebbia juncea var. juncea
    • Bebbia juncea var. aspera (Benth.) Greene

References
  1. Greene, Edward Lee. 1885. Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 1(4A): 179–181 in English
  2. Tropicos, Bebbia Greene
  3. Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map
  4. Whalen, M. 1977. Taxonomy of Bebbia (Compositae: Heliantheae). Madroño 24: 112–123.
  5. Flora of North America, Bebbia Greene
  6. Johnston, Ivan Murray. 1924. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 12:1197
  7. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  8. The Plant List, search for Bebbia


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