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Dayia (plant)

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Dayia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Polemoniaceae
Genus: Dayia
J.M.Porter

Dayia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Polemoniaceae.[1]

Its native range is Southwestern Texas to Northern Mexico, and Northern Chile.[1]

The genus name of 'Dayia' is in honour of Alva Day Grant (1920–2014), American botanist and professor at the University of Texas at Austin.[2]

Species known:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Dayia J.M.Porter | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.