Zandera

Zandera is a genus of annual plants in the family Asteraceae.[1]

Zandera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Millerieae
Subtribe: Milleriinae
Genus: Zandera
Dorothea Louise Schulz

It is native to Mexico.[2][3]

Species

There are 3 species accepted by Plants of the World Online;[1]

  • Zandera andersoniae (B.L.Turner) D.L.Schulz
  • Zandera blakei (McVaugh & Lask.) D.L.Schulz
  • Zandera hartmanii (B.L.Turner) D.L.Schulz

The genus name of Zandera is in honour of Robert Zander (1892–1969), a German botanist and horticulturist in Berlin.[4] It was first described and published in Haussknechtia, Mitt. Thüring. Bot. Ges. Vol.4 on page 32 in 1988.[1]

It is noted as a possible synonym of Sigesbeckia L. by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but they do not list any known species.[5]

References
  1. "Zandera D.L.Schulz | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  2. Villaseñor, José Luis (September 2016). "Taxonomy and systematics Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 87 (3): 559–902.
  3. Villaseñor, Jose Luis; Ibarra, Guillermo; Ocaña, Daniel (October 1998). "Strategies for the Conservation of Asteraceae in Mexico". Conservation Biology. 12 (5): 1066–1075.
  4. 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.
  5. "Genus Zandera D. L. Schulz". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
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