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Chromolaena borinquensis

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Species of plant

Chromolaena borinquensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chromolaena
Species: C. borinquensis
Binomial name
Chromolaena borinquensis
(Britton) R.M.King & H.Rob
Synonyms
  • Eupatorium borinquense (Britton) B.L.Rob.
  • Osmia borinquensis Britton

Chromolaena borinquensis, the limestone thoroughwort, is a West Indian species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, part of the United States.

The epithet borinquensis is derived from a Latinized version of the word Borikén, indigenous Taíno name for the island.

References

  1. The Plant List, Chromolaena borinquensis (Britton) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. NRCS. "Chromolaena borinquensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. Britton, Nathaniel Lord 1925. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 6: 288, as Osmia borinquensis
  4. King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1970. Phytologia 20: 199
  5. Tropicos, Chromolaena borinquensis (Britton) R.M. King & H. Rob.
  6. Dictionary: Taino Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: February 21, 2008. (Based on the encyclopedia Clásicos de Puerto Rico, 2nd edition. Ed. Cayetano Coll y Toste. Ediciones Latinoamericanas, S.A., 1972.).
Taxon identifiers
Chromolaena borinquensis


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