Urbananthus

Urbananthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Supertribe: Helianthodae
Tribe: Eupatorieae[1]
Genus: Urbananthus
R.M. King & H. Rob.
Type species
Eupatorium critoniforme[2]
Urb.

Urbananthus is a genus of Caribbean plants in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3]

The genus is named in honor of German botanist Ignatz Urban, 1848–1931.[2]

Species[1][4]
  1. Urbananthus critoniformis (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Jamaica
  2. Urbananthus pluriseriatus (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Cuba

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1971. Phytologia 22: -5455
  3. 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.
  4. The Plant List search for Urbananthus