Mexianthus | |
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Holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
Tribe: | Eupatorieae |
Genus: | Mexianthus B.L.Rob. |
Species: | M. mexicanus |
Binomial name | |
Mexianthus mexicanus B.L.Rob. |
Mexianthus is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.
The genus is named in honor of its discoverer, Mexican-American plant collector Ynés Mexía.
- Species
There is only one known species, Mexianthus mexicanus, native to the State of Jalisco in western Mexico.
References
- D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
- ^ Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln. 1928. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 80: 5-6 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
- The Plant List, Mexianthus mexicanus B.L.Rob.
- Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Mexianthus | |
Mexianthus mexicanus |
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