Gonzalezia (plant)

Gonzalezia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.[1]

Gonzalezia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gonzalezia
E.E.Schill. & Panero

Its native range is northern and western Mexico.[1]

The genus name of Gonzalezia is in honour of María del Socorro González Elizondo (b. 1953), a Mexican plant taxonomist with a focus on Cyperaceae.[2] It was first described and published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. Vol.167 on page 326 in 2011.[1]

Known species, according to Kew;[1]

  • Gonzalezia decurrens (A.Gray) E.E.Schill. & Panero
  • Gonzalezia hypargyrea (Greenm.) E.E.Schill. & Panero
  • Gonzalezia rosei (Greenm.) E.E.Schill. & Panero

References

  1. "Gonzalezia E.E.Schill. & Panero | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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