Robinsonia (plant)

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]

Robinsonia
Robinsonia gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Robinsonia DC.
Type species
Robinsonia gayana Decne.
Synonyms[1]
Ingenhouzia Bertero ex DC. Rhetinodendron Meisn. Symphyochaeta (DC.) Skottsb. Vendredia Baill.

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.