Rensonia

Rensonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Heliantheae
Subtribe:	Ecliptinae
Genus:	Rensonia S.F.Blake
Species:	R. salvadorica
Binomial name
Rensonia salvadorica S.F.Blake

Rensonia is a genus of Mesoamerican plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae. ^{[1] [2]}

The genus is named for Salvadoran botanist Carlos Renson. ^[1]

Species

The only known species is Rensonia salvadorica, native to Mesoamerica (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz) ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Blake, Sydney Fay. 1923. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 13(8): 144–145 entirely in English
2. Tropicos, Rensonia S.F. Blake
3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
4. Strother, J. L. 1999. Compositae–Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D.E. Breedlove (ed.) Flora of Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco