| Canotia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Canotia Torr. (1857) |
| Species [1] | |
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Canotia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae. It includes two species native to northern Mexico, New Mexico, and Utah. [1]
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Helianthus is a genus comprising about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae commonly known as sunflowers. Except for three South American species, the species of Helianthus are native to North America and Central America. The best-known species is the common sunflower. This and other species, notably Jerusalem artichoke, are cultivated in temperate regions and some tropical regions, as food crops for humans, cattle, and poultry, and as ornamental plants. The species H. annuus typically grows during the summer and into early fall, with the peak growth season being mid-summer.
Dasylirion is a genus of North American plants in the asparagus family, all native to Mexico, with the ranges of three species also extending into the south-western United States. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae.
Purshia is a small genus of 5–8 species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae which are native to western North America.
Bouteloua is a genus of plants in the grass family. Members of the genus are commonly known as grama grass.
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Condalia correllii, also called Correll's snakewood, is a shrub belonging to the family Rhamnaceae.