Monarrhenus

Monarrhenus
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae / Compositae
Tribe: Inuleae
Genus: Monarrhenus
Cass.
Binomial name
Monarrhenus salicifolius
Cass.
Synonyms[1]
  • Conyza salicifolia Lam. (1786) non Mill. (1768)

Monarrhenus is a genus of plants in the sunflower family.[2][3]

There is only one known species, Monarrhenus salicifolius, native to the Islands of Mauritius and Réunion in the Indian Ocean.[1][4] Its natural habitat is on rocky cliffs. The species is listed as critically endangered.[5]

The genus formerly contained the species "Monarrhenus rufescens", which is now called Pluchea rufescens.

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