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Chromolaena macrodon

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Species of flowering plant

Chromolaena macrodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chromolaena
Species: C. macrodon
Binomial name
Chromolaena macrodon
(DC.) Nicolson
Synonyms
  • Eupatorium macrodon DC.
  • Osmia macrodon (DC.) Sch. Bip.

Chromolaena macrodon is a rare Caribbean species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is found only the Island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles.

Chromolaena macrodon is a shrub lacking hairs on its herbage. It has opposite leaves with distinct petioles but without glands on the blades. Flower heads are displayed in a flat-topped array.

References

  1. The Plant List, Chromolaena macrodon (DC.) Nicolson
  2. ^ Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 145 in Latin
  3. Nicolson, Dan Henry 1987. Phytologia 62: 164
  4. Plants of the Eastern Caribbean
Taxon identifiers
Chromolaena macrodon
Eupatorium macrodon
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