Biology:Montanoa

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Montanoa
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Montanoa hibiscifolia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Subtribe: Montanoinae
H.Rob.
Genus: Montanoa
Cerv.
Type species
Montanoa tomentosa
Cerv.
Synonyms[1]
  • Eriocarpha Cass.
  • Eriocoma Kunth
  • Montagnaea DC.
  • Uhdea Kunth

Montanoa is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae, within the family Asteraceae.[2][3]

They are thought to be named after Luis Josė Montaña (1755-1820), a leading Mexican physician of his time.[4][5][6]

Species[1]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. Cervantes, Vicente in La Llave, Pablo de & Lexarza, Juan José Martinez de. 1825. Novorum Vegetabilium Descriptiones 2: 11
  3. Tropicos, Montanoa Cerv.
  4. Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books
  5. Neglected science
  6. Cervantes, Vicente in La Llave, Pablo de & Lexarza, Juan José Martinez de. 1825. Novorum Vegetabilium Descriptiones 2: 11. [1]

Wikidata ☰ Q2756184 entry