Cronquistianthus is a genus of shrubs native to the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.[ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1972. Phytologia 23(5): 409-412][ Tropicos, Cronquistianthus R.M. King & H. Rob.]
The genus is named after the American botanist Arthur John Cronquist (1919–1992).[
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