Benitoa

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Speciesbox | image = | status = G3 | status_system = TNC | status_ref = | display_parents = 4 | genus = Benitoa | parent_authority = D.D.Keck | species = occidentalis | authority = (H.M.Hall) D.D.Keck | synonyms_ref = <ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-142998 The Plant List, ''Benitoa occidentalis'' (H.M.Hall) D.D.Keck ]</ref><ref name=jepson>[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=1653 Jepson eFlora, ''Benitoa occidentalis'']</ref> | synonyms = *''Haplopappus occidentalis'' <small>H.M.Hall</small> *''Lessingia occidentalis'' <small>(H.M.Hall) M.A.Lane</small> }}

'''''Benitoa''''' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.<ref name="EUROMED">{{cite web | url = http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=131772&PTRefFk=7000000 | title = Details for: Astereae | accessdate = 2009-07-18 | author = Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem | authorlink = Botanical Garden in Berlin | work = Euro+Med PlantBase | publisher = Freie Universität Berlin }}</ref><ref name="UniProt">{{UniProt Taxonomy | name = Tribe Astereae | id = 199231 | accessdate = 2009-07-18 }}</ref><ref name="NHNSW">{{cite web | url = http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Kippistia | title = Genus ''Kippistia'' | accessdate = 2009-07-18 | author = National Herbarium of New South Wales | work = New South Wales FloraOnline | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney }}</ref><ref name="afpd">{{cite web |url=http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb/bd/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=3041 |title=''Polyarrhena'' Cass. |accessdate=2009-07-18 |work=African Plants Database |publisher=South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

''Benitoa'' is monotypic, containing the single species '''''Benitoa occidentalis'''''. It is sometimes included in genus ''Lessingia'' as the synonym '''''Lessingia occidentalis'''''.<ref name=nesom>Nesom, G. L. (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=RIPqrPpa2YEC&dq=benitoa+monotypic&pg=PA20 Generic conspectus of the tribe Astereae (Asteraceae) in North America and Central America, the Antilles, and Hawaii]. Botanical Research Institute of Texas. pg 20.</ref><ref name=jepson />

''Benitoa'' is endemic to California, where it is known mostly from San Benito County, the region for which it is named. Additional populations have been found in nearby parts of Fresno and Monterey Counties.<ref>[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Benitoa+occidentalis Calflora taxon report, University of California, Benitoa occidentalis (H.M. Hall) D.D. Keck benitoa ]</ref><ref name=nesom/><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=103788 Flora of North America: genus ''Benitoa'']</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=1653 Jepson eFlora treatment of ''Benitoa occidentalis''] *[https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=BEOC United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile] *[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Lessingia+occidentalis CalPhotos Photo Gallery, University of California]

Category:Astereae Category:Monotypic Asteraceae genera Category:Endemic flora of California