Chromolaena oteroi

Chromolaena oteroi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
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 (Mona Island thoroughwort)[2] is a species of flowering shrub in the sunflower family. 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, is named for botanist José I. Otero.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Chromolaena oteroi (Monach.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. ↑ "Chromolaena oteroi". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. 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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