''Robinsonia '' is a genus of plants in the
groundsel tribe within the
sunflower family.
; Species
[
All the species are endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Chile.][ The genus is named for the fictional character Robinson Crusoe, purportedly shipwrecked in this chain of islands.][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]
References
Senecioneae
Asteraceae genera
Flora of the Juan Fernández Islands
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