Rensonia
| Rensonia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae[1] |
| Genus: | Rensonia S.F.Blake |
| Binomial name | |
| Rensonia salvadorica S.F.Blake | |
Rensonia is a genus of Mesoamerican plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]
The genus is named for Salvadoran botanist Carlos Renson.[2]
- Species
The only known species is Rensonia salvadorica, native to Mesoamerica (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz)[1][4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Blake, Sydney Fay. 1923. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 13(8): 144–145 entirely in English
- ↑ Tropicos, Rensonia S.F. Blake
- ↑ Strother, J. L. 1999. Compositae–Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D.E. Breedlove (ed.) Flora of Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco