Villasenoria

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|genus = Villasenoria

|parent_authority = B.L.Clark

|species = orcuttii

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• Senecio orcuttii Greenm.
• Telanthophora orcuttii (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Brettell

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Villasenoria is a genus of Mexican plants in the groundsel tribe within the daisy family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9305239#page/641/mode/1up Clark, Bonnie Lynne. 1998. Villasenoria (Asteraceae: Senecioneae): a new genus and combination from Mexico. Sida 18(3): 631–634]

The genus is named in honor of Mexican botanist José Luis Villaseñor Ríos.

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The only known species is Villasenoria orcuttii, native to southern Mexico (States of Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas).[http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=15695db9-fe83-45f6-b494-302addfa1212 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]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.