Urbananthus

Urbananthus is a genus of Caribbean plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2]

Urbananthus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Urbananthus
R.M.King & H.Rob.
Type species
Eupatorium critoniforme[1]

The genus is named in honor of German botanist Ignatz Urban, 1848–1931.[1]

Species[3][4]
  • Urbananthus critoniformis (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Jamaica
  • Urbananthus pluriseriatus (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Cuba

References

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


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