Bahia

Bahia is a small genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The common name is also bahia. It is named in honor of the Spanish botanist Juan Francisco Bahí (1775–1841). The genus has a disjunct distribution in the southwestern United States, northern Mexico, Guatemala, and Chile, and is found in dry areas. Species Bahia absinthifolia – hairyseed bahia - USA (Arizona Utah New Mexico Texas); Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Hidalgo, Durango, Aguascalientes) Bahia ambrosioides - Chile incl. Juan Fernández Islands Bahia aristata - Mexico Bahia autumnalis - Nuevo León Bahia bigelovii – Bigelow's bahia - western Texas, Coahuila Bahia biternata – slim-lobe bahia - Arizona, New Mexico, Chihuahua Bahia depauperata - Guatemala Bahia glandulosa - Chihuahua, Durango Bahia pedata – blunt-scale bahia - Texas, New Mexico, Durango Bahia pringlei - Coahuila, Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz Bahia schaffneri - Nuevo León, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas Bahia xylopoda - Hidalgo, Jalisco, Puebla, San Luis Potosí References