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Ortizacalia

genus of plants in the family Asteraceae

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 9, 2025
Entity authorityQ51664641 ↗
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Ortizacalia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It includes a single species, Ortizacalia austin-smithii, a climbing shrub or liana endemic to Costa Rica.

The species was first described as Senecio austin-smithii in 1940 by Paul Carpenter Standley. In 2012 John Francis Pruski placed it in the newly-described monotypic genus Ortizacalia as O. austin-smithii.

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The public source identifies “Ortizacalia” as genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Ortizacalia, genus and plants.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1940, 2012—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Ortizacalia, genus and plants providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Ortizacalia” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.