Koanophyllon solidaginifolium

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Koanophyllon solidaginifolium
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Koanophyllon
Species:
K. solidaginifolium
Binomial name
Koanophyllon solidaginifolium
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Eupatorium solidaginifoliumA. Gray 1852
  • Koanophyllon solidaginifolia(A. Gray) R.M. King & H. Rob

Koanophyllon solidaginifolium, the shrubby umbrella thoroughwort, is a plant species native to Arizona, western Texas, New Mexico, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Jalisco, and Zacatecas. [3] It grows primarily on canyon walls, ledges, and other stony outcrops. [4] [5]

Koanophyllon solidaginifolium is an herb or subshrub up to 100 cm (39 inches) in height. Leaves are lanceolate with rounded bases and narrow pointed tips. Flowers are usually white, but sometimes tinged with purple or yellow. [6] [7] [8]

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Harold Ernest Robinson was an American botanist and an entomologist.

<i>Eupatorium</i> Genus of plants

Eupatorium is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are herbaceous perennials growing to 0.5–3 m (1.6–9.8 ft) tall. A few are shrubs. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most are commonly called bonesets, thoroughworts or snakeroots in North America. The genus is named for Mithridates Eupator, king of Pontus.

Eupatorieae Tribe of plants

Eupatorieae is a tribe of over 2000 species of plants in the aster family. Most of the species are native to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate areas of the Americas, but some are found elsewhere. Well-known members are Stevia rebaudiana, a number of medicinal plants (Eupatorium), and a variety of late summer to autumn blooming garden flowers, including Ageratum (flossflower), Conoclinium (mistflower), and Liatris.

Koanophyllon is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae. They are perennials and shrubs and are native to South America, Central America, the West Indies, Mexico, with a few species range extending into the United States. The flowers are white to pinkish.

<i>Pleurocoronis</i>

Pleurocoronis is a genus of North American shrubs or subshrubs native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family. All known members had been considered members of the related genus Hofmeisteria before being moved to Pleurocoronis.

<i>Shinnersia</i> Genus of aquatic plants

Shinnersia rivularis, known as the Rio Grande bugheal or Mexican oak leaf plant, is an aquatic plant native to Texas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León.

Trichocoronis is a genus of North American aquatic plants in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family. Bugheal is a common name for plants in this genus.

Tamaulipa is a genus of flowering plants in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family.

Asanthus is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, found only in northern Mexico and the southwestern United States.

Brickelliastrum is a North American genus of flowering plants in the tribe boneset tribe within the sunflower family. Brickelliastrum has at times been lumped with Brickellia or Steviopsis, but chromosome number (x=10) and molecular data are in agreement in showing that it is distinct from either of these. Despite having the general appearance of Brickellia, members of Brickelliastrum have cypselae that have only 5-7 ribs, funnel-shaped corollas, and a style with an unenlarged, glabrous base.

Asanthus squamulosus is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northern Mexico, and the southwestern United States. Common name is Mule Mountain false brickellbush.

Asanthus thyrsiflorus is a Mexican species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the states of San Luis Potosí, Chihuahua, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, Jalisco, Coahuila, and Durango in north-central Mexico.

Chromolaena bigelovii called Bigelow's false thoroughwort, or Bigelow's thoroughwort, is a North American species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northeastern Mexico and the US State of Texas.

Conoclinium betonicifolium, the betony-leaf mistflower or betonyleaf thoroughwort, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Chihuahua to Quintana Roo, and has also been found in Texas and Guatemala.

<i>Fleischmannia incarnata</i> Species of flowering plant

Fleischmannia incarnata, the pink slender-thoroughwort or pink thoroughwort, is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to the United States from Florida north as far as Virginia, Ohio, and Illinois, and west to Texas and Oklahoma. It is also found in northeastern Mexico.

Fleischmannia sonorae, the Sonoran slender-thoroughwort or Sonoran thoroughwort, is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to western Mexico from Sonora and Chihuahua as far south as Michoacán, as well as from the southwestern United States.

Flyriella parryi, the Chisos Mountain brickellbush, is a Mexican species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the states of Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Chihuahua in northern Mexico. It is the only species in its genus to have a natural range extending north of the international border, with a few populations on the Texas side of the Río Grande.

Koanophyllon palmeri, called Palmer’s umbrella thoroughwort, is a North American plant species in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and western Mexico from Sonora as far south as Michoacán.

Koanophyllon villosum, the Florida Keys thoroughwort, or abre camino, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It grows in southern Florida, Cuba, the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the Islas de la Bahía.

Koanophyllon droserolepis, the Monte Torrecilla thoroughwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Puerto Rico.

References

  1. The Plant List
  2. Tropicos, Koanophyllon solidaginifolium (A. Gray) R.M. King & H. Rob
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. 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.
  5. SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter description, photos, distribution map
  6. Flora of North America, Koanophyllon solidaginifolium (A. Gray) R. M. King & H. Robinson, 1971. Shrubby umbrella thoroughwort
  7. King, Robert Merrill, & Robinson, Harold Ernest. Phytologia 22(3): 151. 1971.
  8. Asa Gray. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3(5): 87–88. 1852.