| Faxonia | |
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| The illustration of Faxonia pusilla from the type description. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Millerieae |
| Subtribe: | Galinsoginae |
| Genus: | Faxonia Brandegee |
| Species: | F. pusilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Faxonia pusilla Brandegee | |
Faxonia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [1] It contains the single species Faxonia pusilla, endemic to the Mexican State of Baja California Sur. [2] [3] This genus is only known from the singular type specimen collected by Townshend Stith Brandegee in the Sierra de la Laguna in 1893, and is possibly extinct. [1] [4]
The genus is named for botanical illustrator Charles Edward Faxon of Arnold Arboretum. [1]
