Albertinia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{For|the town in South Africa|Albertinia, South Africa}}

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Albertinia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family described as a genus in 1820.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14338267#page/143/mode/1up Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachim. 1820. Neue Entdeckungen im Ganzen Umfang der Pflanzenkunde 2: 133-134] in Latin; name dedication on page 134[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40035195 Tropicos, Albertinia Spreng.]

There is only one accepted species, although several other names have been proposed. Albertinia brasiliensis is endemic to Brazil.Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil {{cite web|url=http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-08-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/ |archivedate=2015-09-06 }}. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro{{Cite web |url=http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Albertinia&searchField=NameFull |title=Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist |access-date=2014-11-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20141105113117/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Albertinia&searchField=NameFull |archive-date=2014-11-05 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Albertinia The Plant List search for Albertinia]

The genus is named for German mycologist Johannes Baptista von Albertini.