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

Chromolaena oteroi, the Mona Island thoroughwort,[2] is a species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. 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. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Chromolaena oteroi". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. 1 2 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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