Author and eponymy of the new species A Miguel Cházaro showing a specimen of Valeriana rudychazaroi next to its host, a Quercus glabrescens tree in Tlacolulan, Veracruz, Mexico (Author: Rodrigo Carral-Domínguez) B Rudy Miguel Cházaro-Hernández, son of Miguel Cházaro, during a botanical expedition at Barranca de Ramírez, 1981 C Miguel Cházaro and his son, to whom he dedicates the name of this new species (Author of B and C: Patricia Hernández-Romero).

 
 
  Part of: Francisco-Gutiérrez A, Cházaro-Basáñez M, Carral-Domínguez R (2023) The first epiphytic species of Valeriana in the world: Valeriana rudychazaroi (Caprifoliaceae). PhytoKeys 236: 145-156. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.236.110905