When time and funding permit, each flower (each plant species) will have its own page, and its own PDF, and eventually its own PPT so that professors and students have plenty of material on Guatemala (and Honduras, etc) to study.
Heliconia adflexa, Coban, Guatemala, Hotel Monja Blanca, FLAAR, by Nicholas Hellmuth
This space is for flowers we have recently found and photographed.
Senecio confusus also called Mexican flamevine, Golondrina or Estrellita del cielo is a climbing plant belonging to the Asteraceae family and is located in Mexico and Central America. Some authors such as Alvarado et al. (2014) mention its anti-inflammatory properties and its medical uses, such as its infusion is used in traditional medicine for the treatment of strokes and muscle aches.
Photographed with a Nikon D5 using a Nikon AF-S Micro NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8G ED lens. Settings: 1/100 s, f/10, ISO 1600 with studio lights.
You can learn more in the selected references we list in this bibliography
PDF, Articles, Books on Senecio confusus
ALVARADO, B., REYES, A., CASTILLO, J. and M. MALDONADO
2014
Evaluación del efecto antiinflamatorio de Senecio confusus. Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. Unidad Académica Multidisciplinaria Zona Huasteca. Romualdo del Campo No. 501.
Infrageneric groups in Senecio, S.L., and Cacalia, S.L. (Asteraceae: Semecioneae) in Mexico and Central America. Brittonia. Vol. 37, No. 2. Pages 211-218.
VILLASEÑOR, J. L., ORTIZ, E., CADENA, J. and A. S. ESTRADA
2013
Patrones de riqueza florística en el estado de Jalisco: la tribu Senecionaeae (Asteraceae) como estudio de caso. Instituto de Biología, UNAM. Ibugana. Vol. 4. Pages 63-78.
