Viguiera

Viguiera is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It contains around 19–40 species, which are commonly known as goldeneyes and are native to the New World. These are herbs to bushy shrubs that bear yellow or orange daisy-like flowers.

Taxonomy
The name honours French physician L. G. Alexandre Viguier (1790–1867).

It was first described and published by Carl Sigismund Kunth in (F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, edited), Nov. Gen. Sp., ed. fol., vol.4 on page 176 in 1818.

Recent molecular phylogenetic studies by botanists Schilling and Panero in 2011, showed that these species are within a large group that were formerly classified in the genus Viguiera, and so Aldama has been expanded to include a total of 118 species (most of those from Viguiera).

Species
19 species are accepted by Plants of the World Online (shown by pw), and World Flora Online accepts 40 species (shown in list below);


 * Viguiera anchusaefolia
 * Viguiera aspiliodies
 * Viguiera benzorium
 * Viguiera buddleiiformis
 * Viguiera cornifolia
 * Viguiera corumbensis
 * Viguiera davilae
 * Viguiera dentata (pw)
 * Viguiera drymonia
 * Viguiera ensifolia
 * Viguiera flava
 * Viguiera funkiae (pw)
 * Viguiera goebelii (pw)
 * Viguiera grammatoglossa (pw)
 * Viguiera hassleriana (pw)
 * Viguiera hypochlora
 * Viguiera latibracteata
 * Viguiera leptodonta (pw)
 * Viguiera maculata (pw)
 * Viguiera megapotamica
 * Viguiera microphylla
 * Viguiera mima (pw)
 * Viguiera moreliana (pw)
 * Viguiera oligantha
 * Viguiera orientalis (pw)
 * Viguiera paneroana (pw)
 * Viguiera paranensis
 * Viguiera parkinsonii
 * Viguiera pazensis (pw)
 * Viguiera pinnatilobata
 * Viguiera revoluta
 * Viguiera reyrobinsonii
 * Viguiera santacatarinense
 * Viguiera scandens (pw)
 * Viguiera simulans (pw)
 * Viguiera spooneri
 * Viguiera sultepecana
 * Viguiera szyszylowiczii (pw)
 * Viguiera tepoxtlensis (pw)
 * Viguiera tripartita
 * Viguiera truxillensis
 * Viguiera weberbaueri (pw)

Selected species transferred to Aldama includes; Viguiera australis S.F.Blake, Viguiera cordifolia A.Gray , Viguiera media S.F.Blake , Viguiera nudicaulis Baker ,Viguiera paneroi B.L.Turner , Viguiera phenax S.F.Blake – Field Goldeneye, Viguiera procumbens (Pers.) S.F.Blake , Viguiera sodiroi (Hieron.) S.F.Blake , Viguiera stenoloba S.F.Blake – Skeletonleaf Goldeneye, Viguiera sylvatica Klatt , Viguiera triloba (A.Gray) J.Olsen – Yellow Streamers and Viguiera tuberosa (Sch.Bip.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Griseb.

Formerly placed here

 * Bahiopsis deltoidea (as V. deltoidea)
 * Bahiopsis laciniata (A.Gray) E.E.Schill. & Panero (as V. laciniata A.Gray )
 * Bahiopsis parishii (Greene) E.E.Schill. & Panero (as V. deltoidea var. parishii (Greene) Vasey & Rose and V. parishii Greene )
 * Bahiopsis reticulata (S.Watson) E.E.Schill. & Panero (as V. reticulata S.Watson )
 * Helianthus porteri (A.Gray) Pruski (as V. porteri (A.Gray) S.F.Blake )
 * Heliomeris longifolia var. annua (M.E.Jones) W.F.Yates (as V. annua (M.E.Jones) W.F.Yates )
 * Heliomeris multiflora var. multiflora Nutt. (as V. multiflora (Nutt.) S.F.Blake )

Distribution
Viguiera species are native to the countries of; Argentina, Belize, northern Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela and the United States (within the states of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas).

It has been introduced into Colombia and Cuba.