Madia
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For the furniture piece, see Madia (furniture)
Madia (furniture)
Madia was a piece of furniture used during the High Renaissance period. It stored food and dishes. The madia was a service piece, meaning it was not made for looks, it was made to hold objects and used for a purpose. It would usually be found in the kitchen, not in an open area.In Italy, the Madia...

For a people of Gadchiroli
Gadchiroli
Gadchiroli is a town and a municipal council in Gadchiroli district in the state of Maharashtra, central India. It is the administrative headquarters of the district.It is very lush in Monsoon season but also prone to flooding....

 district
District
Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipalities, or subdivisions of municipalities.-Austria:...

 of Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

 see Madia Gond
Madia Gond
Madia Gonds or Madia or Maria are one of the endogamous Gond tribes living in Chandrapur District and Gadchiroli District of Maharashtra State, and Bastar division of Chhattisgad State India. They have been granted the status of a Primitive Tribe by the Government of Maharashtra under its...

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Madia is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of annual or perennial usually aromatic herb
Herb
Except in botanical usage, an herb is "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" or "a part of such a plant as used in cooking"...

s, which have yellow flowers, in the family Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...

 (sunflower family). They are sometimes known as tarweeds. The 11 species in this genus are native to western North America
North America
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 and southwestern South America
South America
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. The name Madia is derived from a Chilean name ("Madi") for one of the members of the genus.

Species

  • Madia anomala
    Madia anomala
    Madia anomala is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name plumpseeded madia. It is endemic to northern California, where it can be found on hillsides in the San Francisco Bay Area and adjacent mountains and valleys. It is an annual herb growing 20 to 50 centimeters...

    Greene - plumpseeded madia
  • Madia chilensis (Nutt.) Reiche
  • Madia citrigracilis D.D.Keck - Shasta tarweed
  • Madia citriodora Greene - lemon-scented madia
  • Madia elegans
    Madia elegans
    Madia elegans is a species of flower in the daisy family. It is generally known as the common madia, but there are several subspecies known by various common names.-Range:...

    D.Don ex Lindl. - common madia
  • Madia exigua
    Madia exigua
    Madia exigua is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names small tarweed and threadstem madia.-Range:...

    (Sm.) A.Gray - small tarweed
  • Madia glomerata
    Madia glomerata
    Madia glomerata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name mountain tarweed.-Range:Madia glomerata is the most widely distributed Madia, its native range covering much of western and northern North America from Alaska to the Southwestern United States, most of...

    Hook. - mountain tarweed
  • Madia gracilis
    Madia gracilis
    Madia gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names grassy tarweed and slender tarweed.-Range:...

    (Sm. ex Sm.) D.D.Keck - grassy tarweed
  • Madia radiata
    Madia radiata
    Madia radiata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names golden madia and showy madia. It is endemic to California, where it is known mostly from the Central Coast Ranges and adjacent edges of the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley.-Description:Madia...

    Kellogg - golden madia
  • Madia sativa
    Madia sativa
    Madia sativa is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names coast tarweed and Chilean tarweed.-Range:...

    Molina - coast tarweed
  • Madia subspicata D.D.Keck - slender tarweed

Synonims

  • Madia bolanderi = Kyhosia bolanderi
  • Madia doris-nilesiae = Harmonia doris-nilesiae
    Harmonia doris-nilesiae
    Harmonia doris-nilesiae is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names serpentine tarweed and Niles' madia....

  • Madia hallii = Harmonia hallii
    Harmonia hallii
    Harmonia hallii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common names Hall's harmonia and Hall's madia.-Description:...

  • Madia madioides = Anisocarpus madioides
    Anisocarpus madioides
    Anisocarpus madioides is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name woodland madia.-Range:...

  • Madia minima = Hemizonella minima
    Hemizonella minima
    Hemizonella minima is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name opposite-leaved tarweed....

  • Madia nutans = Harmonia nutans
    Harmonia nutans
    Harmonia nutans is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name nodding madia.-Description:...

  • Madia stebbinsii = Harmonia stebbinsii
    Harmonia stebbinsii
    Harmonia stebbinsii is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Stebbins' tarweed, or Stebbins' madia. It is endemic to northern California, where it is limited to the Klamath Mountains and adjacent slopes of the North Coast Ranges. It is a member of the serpentine...

  • Madia yosemitana = Jensia yosemitana
    Jensia yosemitana
    Jensia yosemitana is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Yosemite tarweed. It is endemic to California, where it has a scattered distribution across the Sierra Nevada and its foothills. It is an annual herb with a slender stem up to 25 centimeters tall...

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