Eupatoriastrum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]

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]

  • Eupatoriastrum angulifolium (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • Eupatoriastrum chlorostylum B.L.Turner
  • Eupatoriastrum corvi (McVaugh) B.L.Turner
  • Eupatoriastrum johnbeamanii B.L.Turner
  • Eupatoriastrum nelsonii Greenm.
  • Eupatoriastrum pochutlanum B.L.Turner
  • Eupatoriastrum triangulare B.L.Rob.

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.

Other sources

  • Turner, B. L. 1994. Systematic study of the genus Eupatoriastrum (Asteraceae, Eupatorieae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 190:113-127.

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