Chromolaena oteroi

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Chromolaena oteroi
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chromolaena
Species:
C. oteroi
Binomial name
Chromolaena oteroi
() & H.Rob
Synonyms[1]
  • Eupatorium oteroi

Chromolaena oteroi (Mona Island thoroughwort)[2] is a species of flowering shrub in the sunflower family. It has been found only on Mona Island, a small island between Puerto Rico and Hispaniola in the West Indies and politically a part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.[3][4][5]

The shrub, with its pale purple flowers, was named after botanist José I. Otero.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ The Plant List, Chromolaena oteroi (Monach.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. ^ "Chromolaena oteroi". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Monachino, Joseph Vincent 1948. Phytologia 2: 406-407
  4. ^ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest 1970. : Phytologia 20: 204
  5. ^ Woodbury, RC, LF Martorell, & JG García-Turarí. 1977. Flora of Mona and Monito Islands. Bulletin of the University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station 252
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