Rensonia Explained

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]

SpeciesThe only known species is Rensonia salvadorica, native to Mesoamerica (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz)^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12467225#page/152/mode/1up Blake, Sydney Fay. 1923. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 13(8): 144–145
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023870 Tropicos, Rensonia S.F. Blake
3. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Rensonia&searchField=NameFull 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