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Montanoa
Sign in to saveMontanoa is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae, within the family Asteraceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
Native toBelize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast
Observations recorded14,992
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 348
- With media
- 154
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- FC-UNAM, FCB-BUAP, IBUNAM, INECOL, UJAT
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Research
71 papers- Terpenoid Compounds From Montanoa tomentosa Cerv. With Anti-inflammatory Potential.Chemistry & biodiversity · 2025
- The Aqueous Crude Extracts of Montanoa frutescens and Montanoa grandiflora Reduce Immobility Faster Than Fluoxetine Through GABA(A) Receptors in Rats Forced to Swim.Journal of evidence-based integrative medicine · 2018
- A phylogeny of the ITS and ETS for Montanoa (Asteraceae: Heliantheae).Molecular phylogenetics and evolution · 2004
- Montanoa frutescens and Montanoa grandiflora extracts reduce anxiety-like behavior during the metestrus-diestrus phase of the ovarian cycle in Wistar rats.BioMed research international · 2014
- Montanoa tomentosa glandular trichomes containing kaurenoic acids chemical profile and distribution.Fitoterapia · 2009
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Encyclopedic overview
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Montanoa is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae, within the family Asteraceae.
They are thought to be named after Luis Josė Montaña (1755-1820), a leading Mexican physician of his time. Species
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