Castanedia

Castanedia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Eupatorieae
Genus:	Castanedia R.M.King & H.Rob.
Species:	C. santamartensis
Binomial name
Castanedia santamartensis R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms
CastenediaR.M.King & H.Rob., orth. var.

Castanedia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. ^[2] It contains a single species, Castanedia santamartensis, a shrub endemic to the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of northeastern Colombia. ^[3] It grows in montane moist forests from 2400 to 3250 meters elevation. ^[1]

Both the genus and the species were circumscribed by Robert Merrill King and Harold Ernest Robinson in Phytologia vol.39 on page 58 in 1978. ^[3]

The genus name of Castanedia is in honour of Rafael Romero Castañeda (1910–1973), who was a Colombian botanist and plant collector. ^[4]

References

1. Lopez-Gallego, C. & Morales M, P.A. 2020. Castanedia santamartensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T162395901A176519747. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T162395901A176519747.es. Accessed 28 April 2025.
2. D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
3. "Castanedia R.M.King & H.Rob. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.