Madia

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

This article is about a plant. For the Aboriginal Australian people, see Burarra. For the furniture piece, see Madia (furniture). For the Indian people, see Madia Gond.

tarweeds
Madia elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Supertribe:
Helianthodae
Tribe:
Madieae[1]
Genus:
Madia

Molina 1782
Synonyms[1]
  • Madaria DC.
  • Harpaecarpus Nutt.
  • Biotia Cass.
  • Amida Nutt.
  • Madorella Nutt.
  • Madariopsis Nutt.

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 Chilean name ("Madi") for one of the members of the genus (Madia sativa).[2][3]

Species[1][4]
formerly included[1]

see Anisocarpus Harmonia Jensia Kyhosia

References
  1. "Madia". Global Compositae Checklist. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  2. Molina, Giovanni Ignazio. 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili 136–137, 354 text in Italian, footnotes in French and Latin
  3. Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 303, Madia Molina, Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili. 136, 354. 1782.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps


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