Villasenoria

Villasenoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Senecioneae[1]
Genus:	Villasenoria; B.L.Clark
Binomial name
	Villasenoria orcuttii; (Greenm.) B.L.Clark
Synonyms[1]
	Senecio orcuttii Greenm.; Telanthophora orcuttii (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Brettell;

Villasenoria is a genus of Mexican plants in the groundsel tribe within the daisy family.[2]

The genus is named in honor of Mexican botanist José Luis Villaseñor Ríos.[2]

The only known species is Villasenoria orcuttii, native to southern Mexico (States of Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas).[1][3]

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Clark, Bonnie Lynne. 1998. Villasenoria (Asteraceae: Senecioneae): a new genus and combination from Mexico. Sida 18(3): 631–634
García-Mendoza, A. J. & J. A. Meave. 2011. Diversidad Florística de Oaxaca: de Musgos a Angispermas 1–351. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria D.F..

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