Rensonia
| Rensonia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Rensonia salvadorica | |
Rensonia is a genus of Mesoamerican plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2]
The genus is named for Salvadoran botanist Carlos Renson.[1]
- Species
The only known species is Rensonia salvadorica, native to Mesoamerica (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz)[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Blake, Sydney Fay. 1923. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 13(8): 144–145 entirely in English
- ^ Tropicos, Rensonia S.F. Blake
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ 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
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