Monarrhenus

Monarrhenus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Inuleae
Genus: Monarrhenus
Binomial name
Monarrhenus salicifolius
Synonyms[1]
  • Conyza salicifolia Lam. (1786) non Mill. (1768)

Monarrhenus is a genus of plants in the sunflower family.[2][3]

There is only one known species, Monarrhenus salicifolius, native to the Islands of Mauritius and Réunion in the Indian Ocean.[1][4] Its natural habitat is on rocky cliffs. The species is listed as critically endangered.[5]

The genus formerly contained the species "Monarrhenus rufescens", which is now called Pluchea rufescens.

References

  1. 1 2 Flann, C. (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-12 at Archive.is
  2. ↑ Cassini, Alexandre Henri Gabriel de. 1817. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Societe Philomatique 1817: 31–32 in French
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Monarrhenus Cass.
  4. ↑ The International Plant Names Index
  5. ↑ Florens, D. 2000. Monarrhenus salicifolius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.


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