Biology:Chromolaena ivifolia

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Chromolaena ivifolia
Eupatorium ivifolium.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chromolaena
Species:
C. ivifolia
Binomial name
Chromolaena ivifolia
(L.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms[1][2][3]

Chromolaena ivifolia called ivy-leaf false thoroughwort,[4] or ivyleaf thoroughwort,[5] is a species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America and South America, from the south-eastern United States (eastern Texas , Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southern Alabama, and Florida) to Argentina.[6][4][7][8][9]

Chromolaena ivifolia is a perennial herb or subshrub up to 150 cm (5 feet) tall. Flower heads are produced in groups at the ends of branches. The heads contain red, purple, or blue disc florets but no ray florets.[4]

References

  1. Tropicos, Chromolaena ivifolia (L.) R.M. King & H. Rob.
  2. Tropicos, Eupatorium ivifolium L.
  3. The Plant List, Chromolaena ivaefolia (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Flora of North America, Ivy-leaf false thoroughwort, Chromolaena ivifolia (Linnaeus) R. M. King & H. Robinson
  5. "Chromolaena bigelovii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CHIV. Retrieved 16 June 2015. 
  6. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  7. Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá.
  8. Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela, Caracas
  9. Wood, J. R. I., F. Mamani M., P. Pozo, J. D. Soto & D. Villarroel Segarra. (eds.) 2011. Guía Darwin de las plantas de los cerrados de la Chiquitania 1–212. Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado, Santa Cruz.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15593774 entry