Flaveria

Flaveria
File:Flaveria trinervia.jpg
Flaveria trinervia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Flaveria Juss.
Species
About 21; See text.

Flaveria is a genus of plants in the sunflower family. They are sometimes called yellowtops. Some are annual or perennial herbs and some are shrubs. They bear yellow flowers. These plants are found in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia. Some members of this genus exhibit C3 carbon fixation, while others are C4 plants and some are intermediate. With closely related species exhibiting different forms of metabolism, this genus has been included in studies on the evolution of photosynthesis.

Selected species:

• Flaveria australasica - speedyweed
• Flaveria bidentis - coastal plain yellowtops
• Flaveria brownii - Brown's yellowtops
• Flaveria campestris - alkali yellowtops
• Flaveria chlorifolia - clasping yellowtops
• Flaveria floridana - Florida yellowtops
• Flaveria linearis - narrowleaf yellowtops
• Flaveria macdougalii - Mcdougall's yellowtops
• Flaveria pringlei
• Flaveria sonorensis
• Flaveria trinervia - clustered yellowtops

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• Flora of North America Genus Profile