Chromolaena macrodon is a rare Caribbean species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is found only the Island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles.[2][3][4]
Chromolaena macrodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Chromolaena |
Species: | C. macrodon
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Binomial name | |
Chromolaena macrodon | |
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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]