Bartlettina

Bartlettina
Bartlettina sordida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Bartlettina
R. King & H. Robinson

Bartlettina is a genus of about 37 species of flowering plants in the Asteraceae family. They are native to tropical America[1] although one species, B. sordida, has escaped from cultivation in places in New Zealand.[2]

Prior to the work of King and Robinson in the 1970s, these plants were classified in the genus Eupatorium.[1]

Bartlettina contains the following species:

References

  1. ^ a b Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (First electronic edition, Landcare Research, June 2004). "Bartlettina". Flora of New Zealand. http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/Taxon.aspx?id=_bdb2f703-7d16-4eb9-8da9-845dd45e3a1a&fileName=Flora%204.xml. Retrieved 2008-01-28. 
  2. ^ Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (First electronic edition, Landcare Research, June 2004). "B. sordida". Flora of New Zealand. http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/Taxon.aspx?id=_f92c08e2-69f9-4e39-b75a-af571c21abbb&fileName=Flora%204.xml. Retrieved 2008-01-28.