Castenedia is a monotypic, genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae.[1] It contains a single species, Castenedia santamartensis. It is native to Colombia.[2]

Castenedia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Castenedia
R.M.King & H.Rob.
Species:
C. santamartensis
Binomial name
Castenedia santamartensis
R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms

Castanedia R.M.King & H.Rob.

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.[2]

The genus name of Castenedia is in honour of Rafael Romero Castañeda (1910–1973), who was a Colombian botanist and plant collector.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Castanedia R.M.King & H.Rob. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  3. ^ 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.