# Geraea

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
{{Redirect|Desert sunflower|the species not of this genus commonly known as "desert sunflower"|Helianthus deserticola}}
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|image = Geraea canescens 2005-02-20.jpg
|image_caption = ''[Geraea canescens](/source/Geraea_canescens)''
|taxon = Geraea
|authority = [Torr.](/source/John_Torrey) & [A.Gray](/source/Asa_Gray), 1847
|type_species = ''[Geraea canescens](/source/Geraea_canescens)''
|type_species_authority = [Torr.](/source/John_Torrey) & [A.Gray](/source/Asa_Gray)
}}

'''''Geraea''''' is a genus of the family [Asteraceae](/source/Asteraceae) from the southwestern [United States](/source/United_States) and northwestern Mexico, commonly called the '''desert sunflower'''.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5465889#page/54/mode/1up Torrey, John & Asa Gray. 1847.  Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1: 48–49] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40013743 Tropicos, ''Geraea'' Torr. & A. Gray ]</ref>

; Species<ref name=h>{{Cite web |url=http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=4456df54-02b8-4dce-9d61-ba7de30262ae |title=Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist |access-date=2014-11-28 |archive-date=2014-11-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141130064434/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=4456df54-02b8-4dce-9d61-ba7de30262ae |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Geraea The Plant List, search for ''Geraea'']</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=113472 Flora of North America, Vol. 21 Page 122, Desert-sunflower ''Geraea'' Torrey & A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 1: 48. 1847. ]</ref><ref>[http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Geraea Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]</ref>
* ''[Geraea canescens](/source/Geraea_canescens)'' <small>Torr. & A.Gray</small> - [California](/source/California), [Arizona](/source/Arizona), [Nevada](/source/Nevada), [Utah](/source/Utah)
* ''[Geraea viscida](/source/Geraea_viscida)'' <small>(A.Gray) S.F.Blake</small> - [California](/source/California) ([San Diego](/source/San_Diego_County%2C_California) + [Imperial Counties](/source/Imperial_County%2C_California)), [Baja California](/source/Baja_California)

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?609,1234 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=GERAE USDA Plants Profile]

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Category:Heliantheae
Category:Asteraceae genera
Category:Flora of Northern America
Category:Taxa named by Asa Gray
Category:Taxa named by John Torrey

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