Anoda

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Anoda cristata 2.jpg |image_caption = ''Anoda cristata'' |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Anoda |authority = Cav. (1785) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 24, see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Anoda'' Cav. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30016054-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref> |synonyms = *''Cavanillea'' <small>Medik. (1787)</small> *''Sidanoda'' {{small|Wooton & Standl. (1915)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}

'''''Anoda''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family. It includes 24 species of herbs, native to the subtropical and tropical Americas from the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) through Mexico, Central America, and western South America to northern Argentina and southern Chile.<ref name = powo/> They are generally erect plants with a variety of leaf shapes, and many bear colorful flowers. Most bear distinctive disk-shaped segmented fruits.

==Species== There are 24 species assigned to this genus:<ref name = powo/> {{div col}} *''Anoda abutiloides'' {{small|A.Gray}} – Indian anoda *''Anoda acerifolia'' {{small|Cav.}} *''Anoda albiflora'' {{small|Fryxell}} *''Anoda crenatiflora'' {{small|Ortega}} – thicket anoda *''Anoda cristata'' {{small|(L.) Schltdl.}} – crested anoda, spurred anoda, violeta del campo *''Anoda guatemalensis'' {{small|Fryxell}} *''Anoda henricksonii'' {{small|M.C.Johnst.}} *''Anoda hintoniorum'' {{small|Fryxell}} *''Anoda hirta'' {{small|Fryxell}} *''Anoda lanceolata'' {{small|Hook. & Arn.}} – lanceleaf anoda *''Anoda leonensis'' {{small|Fryxell}} *''Anoda maculata'' {{small|Fryxell}} *''Anoda palmata'' {{small|Fryxell}} *''Anoda paniculata'' {{small|Hochr.}} *''Anoda pedunculosa'' {{small|Hochr.}} *''Anoda pentaschista'' {{small|A.Gray}} – field anoda *''Anoda polygyna'' {{small|Fryxell}} *''Anoda pristina'' {{small|Fryxell}} *''Anoda pubescens'' {{small|Schltdl.}} *''Anoda reflexa'' {{small|Díaz-Contreras & Cruz Durán}} *''Anoda reticulata'' {{small|S.Watson}} – netted anoda *''Anoda speciosa'' {{small|Fryxell}} *''Anoda succulenta'' {{small|Fryxell}} *''Anoda thurberi'' {{small|A.Gray}} – Arizona anoda {{div col end}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ANODA USDA Plants Profile for ''Anoda''] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=ANODA&display=31 USDA Plants Classification: species of ''Anoda'']

Category:Malveae Category:Malvaceae genera Category:Flora of the Americas Category:Taxa described in 1785 Category:Taxa named by Antonio José Cavanilles