Mexianthus is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Eupatorieae |
| Genus: | Mexianthus B.L.Rob. |
| Species: | M. mexicanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mexianthus mexicanus | |
The genus is named in honor of its discoverer, Mexican-American plant collector Ynés Mexía.[2]
- Species
There is only one known species, Mexianthus mexicanus, native to the State of Jalisco in western Mexico.[3][4][5]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln. 1928. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 80: 5-6 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
- ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist [permanent dead link]
- ^ The Plant List, Mexianthus mexicanus B.L.Rob.
- ^ 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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