Robinsonia (plant)
| Robinsonia | |
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| Robinsonia gracilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | DC. |
| Type species | |
| Robinsonia gayana | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Robinsonia is a genus of plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3] All the species are endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Chile.[4] The genus is named for the fictional character Robinson Crusoe, purportedly shipwrecked in this chain of islands.[5]
Species
Eight species are accepted.[1]
- Robinsonia berteroi (DC.) R.W.Sanders, Stuessy & Martic.
- Robinsonia evenia Phil.
- Robinsonia gayana Decne.
- Robinsonia gracilis Decne.
- Robinsonia macrocephala Decne.
- Robinsonia masafuerae Skottsb.
- Robinsonia saxatilis Danton
- Robinsonia thurifera Decne.
References
- ^ a b "Robinsonia DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1833. Archives de Botanique 2: 333
- ^ Tropicos, Robinsonia DC.
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- ^ Daniel Defoe. 1719. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver'd by Pyrates. London: W. Taylor