Benitoa

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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| status = G3

| status_system = TNC

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| display_parents = 4

| genus = Benitoa

| parent_authority = D.D.Keck

| species = occidentalis

| authority = (H.M.Hall) D.D.Keck

| synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-142998 The Plant List, Benitoa occidentalis (H.M.Hall) D.D.Keck ][http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=1653 Jepson eFlora, Benitoa occidentalis]

| synonyms =

• Haplopappus occidentalis H.M.Hall
• Lessingia occidentalis (H.M.Hall) M.A.Lane

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Benitoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.{{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

}}{{UniProt Taxonomy

| name = Tribe Astereae

| id = 199231

| accessdate = 2009-07-18

}}{{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

}}{{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

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Benitoa is monotypic, containing the single species Benitoa occidentalis. It is sometimes included in genus Lessingia as the synonym Lessingia occidentalis.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.

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.[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 ][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=103788 Flora of North America: genus Benitoa]