Rensonia

Rensonia is a genus of Mesoamerican plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family.[2][3]

Rensonia
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Rensonia

Binomial name
Rensonia salvadorica

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


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