Chromolaena macrodon

Chromolaena macrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chromolaena
Species: C. macrodon
Binomial name
Chromolaena macrodon
(DC.) Nicolson
Synonyms[1]
  • Eupatorium macrodon DC.
  • Osmia macrodon (DC.) Sch. Bip.

Chromolaena macrodon is a rare Caribbean species of flowering shrub in the sunflower family. It is found only the Island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles.[2][3][4]

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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Chromolaena macrodon (DC.) Nicolson
  2. 1 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
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