Chromolaena borinquensis, the limestone thoroughwort,[2] is a West Indian species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, part of the United States.[3][4][5]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Chromolaena |
Species: | C. borinquensis
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Binomial name | |
Chromolaena borinquensis (Britton) R.M.King & H.Rob
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The epithet borinquensis is derived from a Latinized version of the word Borikén, indigenous Taíno name for the island.[6]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List, Chromolaena borinquensis (Britton) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Chromolaena borinquensis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord 1925. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 6: 288, as Osmia borinquensis
- ^ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1970. Phytologia 20: 199
- ^ Tropicos, Chromolaena borinquensis (Britton) R.M. King & H. Rob.
- ^ Dictionary: Taino Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved: February 21, 2008. (Based on the encyclopedia Clásicos de Puerto Rico, 2nd edition. Ed. Cayetano Coll y Toste. Ediciones Latinoamericanas, S.A., 1972.).