Koanophyllon villosum

Florida Keys thoroughwort
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Koanophyllon
Species: K. villosum
Binomial name
Koanophyllon villosum
(Sw.) R.King & H.Robinson 1975
Synonyms[1]

Koanophyllon villosum, the Florida Keys thoroughwort,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It grows in southern Florida, Cuba, the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and the Islas de la Bahía (part of Honduras).[3][4][5][6][7]

Koanophyllon villosum is a shrub up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall. Flower heads contain up to 15 pink or white disc flowers but no ray flowers.[8][9]

References

  1. The Plant List, Koanophyllon villosum (Sw.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
  2. "Koanophyllon villosum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Nelson, C. & G. R. Proctor. 1994. Vascular plants of the Caribbean Swan Islands of Honduras. Brenesia 41–42: 73–80.
  5. Long, R. W. & O. K. Lakela. 1971. Flora of Tropical Florida: A Manual of the Seed Plants and Ferns of Southern Peninsular Florida i–xvii, 1–962. University of Miami Press, Coral Cables
  6. Nelson, C. H. 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Honduras 1–1576. Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente, Tegucigalpa
  7. EcuRed, Havana info in Spanish
  8. Flora of North America, Koanophyllon villosum (Swartz) R. M. King & H. Robinson, 1974
  9. Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve, Koanophyllon villosum description and photo


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