Villasenoria is a genus of Mexican plants in the groundsel tribe within the daisy family.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Villasenoria B.L.Clark |
| Species: | V. orcuttii
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| Binomial name | |
| Villasenoria orcuttii (Greenm.) B.L.Clark
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The genus is named in honor of Mexican botanist José Luis Villaseñor Ríos.[2]
- Species
The only known species is Villasenoria orcuttii, native to southern Mexico (States of Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas).[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ a b 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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