Viguiera
Viguiera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains around 19–40 species, which are commonly known as goldeneyes and are native to the New World. These are herbs to bushy shrubs that bear yellow or orange daisy-like flowers.
Taxonomy
The name honours French physician L. G. Alexandre Viguier.It was first described and published by Carl Sigismund Kunth in, Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., vol. 4 on page 176 in 1818.
Recent molecular phylogenetic studies by botanists Schilling and Panero in 2011, showed that these species are within a large group that were formerly classified in the genus Viguiera, and so Aldama has been expanded to include a total of 118 species.
Species
19 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online, and World Flora Online accepts 40 species ;- Viguiera anchusaefolia
- Viguiera aspiliodies
- Viguiera benzorium
- Viguiera buddleiiformis
- Viguiera cornifolia
- Viguiera corumbensis
- Viguiera davilae
- Viguiera dentata
- Viguiera drymonia
- Viguiera ensifolia
- Viguiera flava
- Viguiera funkiae
- Viguiera goebelii
- Viguiera grammatoglossa
- Viguiera hassleriana
- Viguiera hypochlora
- Viguiera latibracteata
- Viguiera leptodonta
- Viguiera maculata
- Viguiera megapotamica
- Viguiera microphylla
- Viguiera mima
- Viguiera moreliana
- Viguiera oligantha
- Viguiera orientalis
- Viguiera paneroana
- Viguiera paranensis
- Viguiera parkinsonii
- Viguiera pazensis
- Viguiera pinnatilobata
- Viguiera revoluta
- Viguiera reyrobinsonii
- Viguiera santacatarinense
- Viguiera scandens
- Viguiera simulans
- Viguiera spooneri
- Viguiera sultepecana
- Viguiera szyszylowiczii
- Viguiera tepoxtlensis
- Viguiera tripartita
- Viguiera truxillensis
- Viguiera weberbaueri
Formerly placed here
- Bahiopsis deltoidea
- Bahiopsis laciniata E.E.Schill. & Panero
- Bahiopsis parishii E.E.Schill. & Panero
- Bahiopsis reticulata E.E.Schill. & Panero
- Helianthus porteri Pruski
- Heliomeris longifolia var. annua W.F.Yates
- Heliomeris multiflora var. multiflora Nutt.
Distribution
It has been introduced into Colombia and Cuba.