What is "aldama"

Aldama is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Andrés Aldama (born 1956), Cuban boxer
• Frederick Luis Aldama, U.S. academic
• Juan Aldama (1774–1811), insurgent leader in the Mexican War of Independence
• Yamilé Aldama (born 1972), a triple-jumper from Cuba who has represented both Sudan and Great Britain

Aldama may refer to:

• Aldama (surname)
• Aldama (genus), a plant belonging to the Asteraceae family

Aldama is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. The genus was originally described to include one (later two) species of subtribe Helianthinae that were characterized by having pales that tightly enclosed the cypselae (achenes) (see Feddema, 1971). Recent molecular phylogenetic studies (Schilling and Panero 2011) showed that these species are within a large group that were formerly classified in the genus Viguiera, and Aldama has been expanded to include a total of 118 species. Aldama is characterized by having a perennial herbaceous habit, a pappus usually of awns and scales, and a multiseriate involucre.