Eupatoriastrum

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Eupatoriastrum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Subtribe: Critoniinae
Genus: Eupatoriastrum
Greenm.
Synonyms [1]
  • Matudina R.M.King & H.Rob.

Eupatoriastrum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. [2] It is native to Mexico and Central America (and found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua). [1]

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The genus is named for Mithridates Eupator, king of Pontus. [3] [4]

The genus has been verified by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural Research Service, but it does not list any species. [5]

Species

As accepted by Plants of the World Online; [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Eupatoriastrum". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  2. 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.
  3. Gledhill, David (2008). The Names of Plants (4 ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 159. ISBN   978-0-521-86645-3.
  4. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  5. "Genus: Eupatoriastrum Greenm". npgsweb.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 6 August 2022.

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