Rafinesquia

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Rafinesquia
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Rafinesquia neomexicana
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Rafinesquia

Nutt. 1841, conserved name not Raf. 1836 (Fabaceae) nor Raf. 1836 (Lamiaceae) nor Raf. 1838 (Bignoniaceae) nor Raf. 1841 (unknown family)[1]
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Nemoseris Greene

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Rafinesquia, commonly known as plumeseed, is a genus of flowering plants in the dandelion family, native to the western United States and northwestern Mexico.[3][4]

The genus was named for polymath Constantine Samuel Rafinesque by botanist Thomas Nuttall in 1841.[5]

Species[2][6][7]
  1. Rafinesquia californica Nutt. (California Plumeseed, California Chicory) - Baja California, Sonora, USA (CA OR NV AZ UT)
  2. Rafinesquia neomexicana A.Gray (New Mexico Plumeseed, Desert Chicory) - Baja California, Sonora, USA (CA NV AZ UT NM TX)

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