Daustinia

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|genus = Daustinia

|parent_authority = Buril & A.R.Simões

|species = montana

|authority = (Moric.) Buril & A.R.Simões

|synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=77145111-1 |title=Daustinia montana (Moric.) Buril & A.R.Simões |access-date=4 February 2022}}

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|Austinia montana |(Moric.) Buril & A.R.Simões

|Ipomoea montana |Moric.

|Ipomoea obtusata |Moric. ex Hallier f.

|Ipomoea serrata |Choisy

|Ipomoea serrata var. triloba |Choisy

|Jacquemontia montana |(Moric.) Meisn.

|Jacquemontia obtusata |(Moric. ex Hallier f.) Hallier f.

|Jacquemontia serrata |(Choisy) Meisn.

|Jacquemontia serrata var. major |Meisn.

|Jacquemontia serrata var. minor |Meisn.

|Jacquemontia serrata var. obtusata |Moric. ex Meisn.

|Thyella montana |(Moric.) House

|Thyella serrata |(Choisy) House }}

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Daustinia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Convolvulaceae. It only contains one known species, Daustinia montana.{{cite web |title=Daustinia Buril & A.R.Simões {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77145110-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=21 March 2021 |language=en}}

Its native range is eastern Brazil.

The genus name of Daustinia is in honour of Daniel Frank Austin (1943–2015), an American botanist from the University of Arizona.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}} The Latin specific epithet of montana means "of the mountains" referring to the habitat of the plant.{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}

Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Phytotaxa Vol.197 on page 60 in 2015.