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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