Robinsonia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Senecioneae
Subtribus: Senecioninae
Genus: Robinsonia
Species: R. berteroi – R. evenia – R. gayana – R. gracilis – R. longifolia – R. macrocephala – R. masafuerae – R. thurifera
Name

Robinsonia DC., Arch. Bot. (Paris) 2: 333. 1833, nom. cons.
Homonyms

Robinsonia Scop., Intr. Hist. Nat.: 218. 1777, nom. superfl.

Note: Pelser et al., 2010) present evidence to suggest that this genus is deeply nested in Senecio and they formally provide combinations in order to sink the genus, if required. However, see Hassler (2018) who prefer to maintain its separation, therefore this taxonomy is only an opinion.
References

Hassler, M. 2018. Robinsonia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 22. Reference page.
Pelser, P.B., Tepe, E.J., Kennedy, A.H. & Watson, L.E. 2010. The fate of Robinsonia (Asteraceae): sunk in Senecio, but still monophyletic? Phytotaxa 5: 31–46. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.5.1.2 Paywall Reference page.

Robinsonia is a genus of plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3]

Species[1]

All the species are endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Republic of Chile.[1] The genus is named for the fictional character Robinson Crusoe, purportedly shipwrecked in this chain of islands.[4]

Robinsonia berteroi (DC.) R.W.Sanders, Stuessy & Martic.
Robinsonia evenia Phil.
Robinsonia gayana Decne.
Robinsonia gracilis Decne.
Robinsonia macrocephala Decne.
Robinsonia masafuerae Skottsb.
Robinsonia thurifera Decne.

References

Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de. 1833. Archives de Botanique 2: 333
Tropicos, Robinsonia DC.
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