Robinsonecio Explained

Robinsonecio is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.^[1]

It is native to Mexico and Guatemala.

The genus name of Robinsonecio is in honour of Harold E. Robinson (1932–2020), an American botanist and an entomologist.^[2] It was first described and published in Sida Vol.17 on page 79 in 1996.^[1]

Known species, according to Kew;

• Robinsonecio gerberifolius
• Robinsonecio porphyresthes

Notes and References

1. Web site: Robinsonecio T.M.Barkley & Janovec Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 23 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.