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Lundinia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Lundinia plumbea.[2]
| Lundinia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Lundinia B.Nord. |
| Species: | L. plumbea |
| Binomial name | |
| Lundinia plumbea | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Senecio plumbeus Griseb. | |
It is native to Cuba and the Dominican Republic.[2]
The genus name of Lundinia is in honour of Roger Lundin (1955–2005), a Swedish botanist at the natural history museum in Stockholm.[3] The Latin specific epithet of plumbea refers to plumbeus meaning leaden.[4]
The genus was first described and published in Compositae Newslett. Vol.44 on pages 64–66 in 2006.[2]
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