Rensonia

Rensonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Ecliptinae
Genus: Rensonia
S.F.Blake
Species:
R. salvadorica
Binomial name
Rensonia salvadorica

Rensonia is a genus of Mesoamerican plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.

The genus is named for Salvadoran botanist Carlos Renson.

Species

The only known species is Rensonia salvadorica, native to Mesoamerica (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz)

References

  1. 1 2 Blake, Sydney Fay. 1923. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 13(8): 144–145 entirely in English
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Rensonia S.F. Blake
  3. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  4. ↑ 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