''Faxonia'' is a monotypic

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of flowering plants in the family

Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

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Additions to the Flora of the Cape Region of Baja California II.
�� ''Zoë'' 4, no. 4 (March 12, 1894): 403-404 It contains the single species ''Faxonia pusilla'', endemic to the Mexico, Mexican State of Baja California Sur.Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
/ref>CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City. This genus is only known from the singular Type (biology), type specimen collected by Townshend Stith Brandegee in the Sierra de la Laguna in 1893, and is possibly Extinction, extinct. The genus is named for botanical illustrator Charles Edward Faxon of Arnold Arboretum.

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Millerieae Monotypic Asteraceae genera Flora of Baja California Sur Endemic flora of Mexico Taxa named by Townshend Stith Brandegee {{Asteroideae-stub