Koanophyllon villosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Koanophyllon
Species:
K. villosum
Binomial name
Koanophyllon villosum
(Sw.) R.King & H.Robinson 1975
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy
  • Eupatorium coriaceum Spreng.
  • Eupatorium cubense Pers. 1807
  • Eupatorium cubense DC. 1836
  • Eupatorium cynanchifolium DC.
  • Eupatorium deltoideum Poepp. ex Spreng. 1826 not Jacq. 1798
  • Eupatorium lindenianum A.Rich.
  • Eupatorium poeppigii Spreng.
  • Eupatorium villosum Sw. 1788
  • Koanophyllon cubense (DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • Koanophyllon cynanchifolium (DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • Koanophyllon lindenianum (A.Rich.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

Koanophyllon villosum, the Florida Keys thoroughwort,[2] or abre camino, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in southern Florida, Cuba, the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the Islas de la Bahía (part of Honduras).[3][4][5][6]

Koanophyllon villosum is a shrub up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall. Flower heads contain up to 15 pink or white disc flowers but no ray flowers.[7][8]

References

  1. The Plant List, Koanophyllon villosum (Sw.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Koanophyllon villosum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Nelson, C. & G. R. Proctor. 1994. Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan Islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41–42: 73–80.
  5. Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. Flora of Tropical Florida: A Manual of the Seed Plants and Ferns of Southern Peninsular Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables
  6. Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa
  7. Flora of North America, Koanophyllon villosum (Swartz) R. M. King & H. Robinson, 1974
  8. Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve, Koanophyllon villosum description and photo


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