Bahiopsis

Kellogg

Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 35. 1863.

Etymology: Generic name Bahia and Greek - opsis, resembling
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 174. Mentioned on page 136, 173, 175.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA21 P27 Viguiera dentata.jpegViguiera dentata
Bahiopsis parishii
Bebbia juncea var. aspera
Marjorie C. Leggitt
Marjorie C. Leggitt
Barbara Alongi

Shrubs, 50–150 cm. Stems ascending to erect, much branched. Leaves mostly cauline; alternate or opposite; petiolate or sessile; blades usually 3-nerved (from at or near bases), deltate, deltate-ovate, lanceolate, lanceovate, or ovate, margins entire or toothed to laciniate, faces hispid, sericeous, or strigillose, often resinous or glanddotted. Heads radiate, borne singly or (3–25+) in ± thyrsiform arrays. Involucres campulate to hemispheric, (9–14 ×) 4–7 mm. Phyllaries persistent, 16–28 in 2–3 series (unequal, bases ovate to lanceovate, indurate, apices abruptly narrowed, herbaceous). Receptacles convex, paleate (paleae tan, conduplicate, apices acute). Ray-florets 8–15, neuter; corollas yellow (2–3-lobed). Disc-florets 40–50+, bisexual, fertile; corollas yellow, tubes shorter than campanulate throats, lobes 5, triangular (style-branches relatively slender, apices acute). Cypselae (brown to black) ± compressed, ± 3- or 4- angled, often obpyramidal, ± strigose; pappi persistent, of 2 (–6) lacerate, aristate scales (1–2.8 mm) plus (0–) 2–6 lacerate scales (0.2–1 mm). x = 18.

Distribution

sw United States, nw Mexico

Discussion

Species 12 (3 in the flora).

Although traditionally included within Viguiera, the species of Bahiopsis differ by their distinctive base chromosome number and form a basally diverging clade in subtribe Helianthinae, based on molecular data. Morphologically, they are most similar to Calanticaria, another segregate of Viguiera that is Mexican in geographic distribution, from which they differ by their branched capitulescences and having phyllaries in which the apical herbaceous portions are longer.

Key

1 Leaves lanceolate to lance-ovate, margins ± laciniate, abaxial faces strigillose (resinous, shiny) Bahiopsis laciniata
1 Leaves deltate, deltate-ovate, or ovate, margins entire or serrate (not incised or laciniate-toothed), abaxial faces hispid, or sericeous (not shiny) > 2
2 Leaf blades 1–3.5 cm, margins usually toothed, faces: abaxial hispid and gland-dotted (and slightly reticulate), adaxial scabrous (bases of hairs notably enlarged) Bahiopsis parishii
2 Leaf blades 2.8–9 cm, margins entire, faces: abaxial sericeous and gland-dotted (andstrongly reticulate, not shiny), adaxial sericeous (hair bases slightly enlarged) Bahiopsis reticulata

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... more about "Bahiopsis"
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
pale +  and dark +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Edward E. Schilling +
Kellogg +
decurrent +
ovate;lanceovate;ovate;lanceovate;lanceolate;deltate-ovate;deltate +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
obpyramidal +, 4-angled +  and compressed +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
sw United States +  and nw Mexico +
Generic name Bahia and Greek - opsis, resembling +
glanddotted +  and resinous +
strigillose +, sericeous +  and hispid +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
hemispheric +
sessile +  and petiolate +
opposite +  and alternate +
triangular +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
toothed +  and laciniate +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
coroniform +
16 +  and 28 +
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
schilling1990a +
2 +  and 6 +
lacerate +  and aristate +
exalbuminous +
ascending +  and erect +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Lagasceinae +
Bahiopsis +
Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Helianthinae +
campanulate +
toothed +  and entire +
perennial +  and annual +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +