Chromolaena corymbosa

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Chromolaena corymbosa
Systematics
Order : Astern-like (Asterales)
Family : Daisy family (Asteraceae)
Subfamily : Asteroideae
Tribe : Eupatorieae
Genre : Chromolaena
Type : Chromolaena corymbosa
Scientific name
Chromolaena corymbosa
( Aubl. ) King & H.Rob.

Chromolaena corymbosa is a plant from the genus Chromolaena within the family of Compositae (Asteraceae). It only occurs on the Caribbean islands.

description

Chromolaena corymbosa grows as a shrub . The opposite leaves are simple. The cup-shaped partial inflorescences are arranged in umbrella -shaped total inflorescences. The fruits are achenes .

distribution

Chromolaena corymbosa occurs in Puerto Rico and on the Virgin Islands or on the Lesser Antilles in Anguilla, Antigua, La Desirade, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, St. Kitts.

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1775 under the name ( Basionym ) Eupatorium corymbosum by Jean Baptiste Aublet in Histoire des Plantes de la Guiane Françoise , 2, p. 799. Over time it was assigned to other genera. The new combination to Chromolaena corymbosa accepted today was made in 1970 by George King and Harold Ernest Robinson in Phytologia , Volume 20, Number 3, p. 200. Another combination for Eupatorium corymbosum (Aubl.) Is Osmia corymbosa (Aubl.) Britton & P. Wilson 1925. Other synonyms for Chromolaena corymbosa (Aubl.) RMKing & H.Rob. are: Eupatorium atriplicifolium Hort. ex Lam. , Eupatorium atriplicifolium Vahl .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b data sheet at Plants of the Eastern Caribbean . Last accessed on May 22, 2013
  2. ↑ sagebud.com . Last accessed on May 22, 2013
  3. ↑ First publication scanned at biodiversitylibrary.org .
  4. ↑ Phytologia , Volume 20, Number 3, 1970. P. 200 scanned in at biodiversitylibrary.org .
  5. ↑ Chromolaena corymbosa at Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, accessed May 22, 2013.

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