Montanoa is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae, within the family Asteraceae.Cervantes, Vicente in La Llave, Pablo de & Lexarza, Juan José Martinez de. 1825. Novorum Vegetabilium Descriptiones 2: 11Tropicos, Montanoa Cerv.
They are thought to be named after Luis Josė Montaña (1755-1820), a leading Mexican physician of his time.Archibald William Smith Neglected scienceCervantes, Vicente in La Llave, Pablo de & Lexarza, Juan José Martinez de. 1825. Novorum Vegetabilium Descriptiones 2: 11.
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