Sidneya Explained

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

Its native range is southern central USA (in the states of New Mexico and Texas) to Mexico and El Salvador.^[1]

The genus name of Sidneya is in honour of Sidney Fay Blake (1892–1959), an American botanist and plant taxonomist.^[2] It was first described and published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. Vol.167 on page 327 in 2011 by botanists Edward E. Schilling and José Luis Panero.^[1] They had described four new genera, Dendroviguiera, Gonzalezia, Heiseria and Sidneya, which are all composed of species that were formerly included in the genus Viguiera.^[3]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Sidneya pinnatilobata
• Sidneya tenuifolia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sidneya E.E.Schill. & Panero Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 25 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.
3. Schilling . Edward E. . Panero . Jose L. . A revised classification of subtribe Helianthinae (Asteraceae: Heliantheae) II. Derived lineages . Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society . November 2011 . 167 . 3 . 311–331 . 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2011.01172.x. free .