Mexianthus

Mexianthus is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3]

Mexianthus
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Mexianthus

Binomial name
Mexianthus mexicanus

The genus is named in honor of its discoverer, Mexican-American plant collector Ynes Mexia.[3]

Species

There is only one known species, Mexianthus mexicanus, native to the State of Jalisco in western Mexico.[1][4][5]

References

  1. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 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.
  3. Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln. 1928. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 80: 5-6 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. The Plant List, Mexianthus mexicanus B.L.Rob.
  5. 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.


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