Sidneya
Genus of flowering plant
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Sidneya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.[1]
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| Sidneya | |
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| Viguiera stenoloba S.F.Blake, which is a synonym of Sidneya tenuifolia var. tenuifolia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Sidneya E.E.Schill. & Panero |
Its native range is southern central USA (in the states of New Mexico and Texas) to Mexico and El Salvador.[1]
The genus name of Sidneya is in honour of Sidney Fay Blake (1892–1959), an American botanist and plant taxonomist.[2] It was first described and published in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. Vol.167 on page 327 in 2011 by botanists Edward E. Schilling and José Luis Panero.[1] They had described four new genera, Dendroviguiera, Gonzalezia, Heiseria and Sidneya, which are all composed of species that were formerly included in the genus Viguiera.[3]
Known species
According to Kew:[1]
- Sidneya pinnatilobata (Sch.Bip.) E.E.Schill. & Panero
- Sidneya tenuifolia (A.Gray) E.E.Schill. & Panero