Nordenstamia

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Nordenstamia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Nordenstamia
Lundin

Nordenstamia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1]

It is native range stretches from Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru to north-western Argentina.[1]

The genus name of Nordenstamia is in honour of Bertil Nordenstam (b. 1936), a Swedish botanist and professor emeritus at the Swedish Museum of Natural History in the Department of Phanerogamic Botany.[2] It was first described and published in Compositae Newslett. Vol.44 on page 15 in 2006.[1]

Known species[edit]

According to Kew:[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Nordenstamia Lundin | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 November 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.