Chromolaena oteroi, commonly known as the Mona Island thoroughwort,[2] is a species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only on Mona Island, a small island between Puerto Rico and Hispaniola in the West Indies and politically a part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.[3][4][5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Chromolaena |
| Species: | C. oteroi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chromolaena oteroi | |
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The shrub, with its pale purple flowers, was named after botanist José I. Otero.[3]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List, Chromolaena oteroi (Monach.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
- ^ NRCS. "Chromolaena oteroi". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ a b Monachino, Joseph Vincent 1948. Phytologia 2: 406-407
- ^ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest 1970. : Phytologia 20: 204
- ^ Woodbury, RC, LF Martorell, & JG García-Turarí. 1977. Flora of Mona and Monito Islands. Bulletin of the University of Puerto Rico Agricultural Experiment Station 252