Pachythamnus

Pachythamnus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Supertribe: Helianthodae
Tribe: Eupatorieae[1]
Genus: Pachythamnus
(R.M.King & H.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Binomial name
Pachythamnus crassirameus
(B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Type species
Eupatorium crassirameum[2]
B.L.Rob.
Synonyms[1][3]
  • Ageratina subgen. Pachythamnus R.M.King & H.Rob.
  • Eupatorium crassirameum B.L.Rob.
  • Ageratina crassiramea (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

Pachythamnus is a genus of Mesoamerican flowering plants in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family.[2][4]

Species

The only known species is Pachythamnus crassirameus, native to Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and central and southern Mexico.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 2.0 2.1 King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1972. Phytologia 23(1): 153–154 in English
  3. Tropicos, Pachythamnus (R.M. King & H. Rob.) R.M. King & H. Rob.
  4. 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.