''Montanoa'' is a
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 tribe Heliantheae, within the family Asteraceae.
They are thought to be named after Luis Josė Montaña (1755-1820), a leading Mexican physician of his time.
[Cervantes, Vicente in La Llave, Pablo de & Lexarza, Juan José Martinez de. 1825. Novorum Vegetabilium Descriptiones 2: 11]
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References
Heliantheae
Asteraceae genera
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