Koanophyllon

Genus of flowering plants

Koanophyllon
Koanophyllon conglobatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Koanophyllon
Arruda 1816
Type species
Koanophyllon tinctorium

Koanophyllon is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3] They are perennials and shrubs (rarely vines or trees) and are native to South America, Central America, the West Indies, Mexico, with a few species range extending into the United States. The flowers are white to pinkish (rarely purple).[3]

Cuba alone has 21 endemic species, seven of which only grow in serpentine soils, and some of which accumulate minerals such as nickel and manganese.[4]

Species[5]
  • Koanophyllon adamantium - Brazil
  • Koanophyllon albicaulis - from Tamaulipas to Honduras
  • Koanophyllon andersonii - Goiás
  • Koanophyllon atroglandulosum - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon ayapanoides - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon baccharifolium - State of Rio de Janeiro
  • Koanophyllon barahonense - Hispaniola
  • Koanophyllon breviflorum - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon bullescens - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon cabaionum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon calcicola - Hispaniola
  • Koanophyllon celtidifolia - Jamaica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
  • Koanophyllon chabrense - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon chalceorithales - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon clementis - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon coixtlahuacum - Oaxaca
  • Koanophyllon concordianum - Sinaloa
  • Koanophyllon conglobatum - Brazil
  • Koanophyllon consanguineum - southern Brazil
  • Koanophyllon constanzae - Dominican Republic
  • Koanophyllon correlliorum - Bahamas
  • Koanophyllon coulteri - Central America
  • Koanophyllon delpechianum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon dolicholepis - Puerto Rico
  • Koanophyllon dolphinii - Jamaica
  • Koanophyllon droserolepis - Puerto Rico
  • Koanophyllon dukei - Panamá
  • Koanophyllon eitenii - Goiás
  • Koanophyllon ekmanii - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon flavidulum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon flexilis - Peru
  • Koanophyllon fuscum - Venezuela, Guyana
  • Koanophyllon gabbii - Hispaniola
  • Koanophyllon galeanum - Nuevo León
  • Koanophyllon galeottii - from Veracruz to Nicaragua
  • Koanophyllon gibbosum - Hispaniola
  • Koanophyllon gracilicaule - Mexico
  • Koanophyllon gracilipes - Jamaica
  • Koanophyllon grandiceps - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon grisebachianum - Dominican Republic, Cuba
  • Koanophyllon guerreroanum - Guerrero
  • Koanophyllon gundlachii - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon hammatocladum - Jamaica
  • Koanophyllon hardwarense - Jamaica
  • Koanophyllon helianthemoides - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon heptaneurum - Dominican Republic
  • Koanophyllon hidrodes - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon hintoniorum - Nuevo León
  • Koanophyllon hondurense - Honduras
  • Koanophyllon hotteanum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon huantae - Peru
  • Koanophyllon hylonoma - Central America
  • Koanophyllon hypomalacum - Guatemala
  • Koanophyllon isillumense - Peru
  • Koanophyllon iteophyllum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon jaegerianum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon jenssenii - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon jugipaniculatum - Bolivia
  • Koanophyllon juninense - Peru
  • Koanophyllon kavanayense - Venezuela
  • Koanophyllon littorale - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon lobatifolia - Brazil
  • Koanophyllon longifolia - Nuevo León, Tamaulipas
  • Koanophyllon maestrense - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon mesoreopolum - Colombia
  • Koanophyllon microchaeteum - Hispaniola
  • Koanophyllon mimicum - Guatemala
  • Koanophyllon minutifolium - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon miragoanae - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon montanum - Jamaica
  • Koanophyllon mornicola - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon muricatum - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon myrtilloides - Brazil
  • Koanophyllon nervosum - Hispaniola
  • Koanophyllon nudiflorum - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon obtusissimum - Dominican Republic
  • Koanophyllon oligadenium - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon pachyneurum - Hispaniola
  • Koanophyllon palmeri - Arizona, New Mexico,[6] Mexico, Brazil
  • Koanophyllon panamense - Panamá
  • Koanophyllon paucicrenatum - Hispaniola
  • Koanophyllon phanioides - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon picardae - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon pitonianum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon pittieri - from Tabasco to Panama
  • Koanophyllon polyodon - Puerto Rico
  • Koanophyllon polystictum - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon porphyrocladum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon prinodes - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon pseudoperfoliatum - Veracruz
  • Koanophyllon puberulum - Hispaniola
  • Koanophyllon quisqueyanum - Dominican Republic
  • Koanophyllon ravenii - Chiapas
  • Koanophyllon revealii - Oaxaca
  • Koanophyllon reversum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon rhexioides - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon rubroviolaceum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon rzedowskii - San Luis Potosí
  • Koanophyllon sagasteguii - Peru
  • Koanophyllon scabriusculum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon sciatraphes - Venezuela, Hispaniola
  • Koanophyllon selleanum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon semicrenatum - Hispaniola
  • Koanophyllon silvaticum - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon simile - Jamaica
  • Koanophyllon simillima - Paraguay, Bolivia, Argentina
  • Koanophyllon sinaloense - Sinaloa
  • Koanophyllon solidaginifolium - Arizona, New Mexico, Texas,[6] northeastern Mexico
  • Koanophyllon solidaginoides - Galápagos, from Tabasco to Peru
  • Koanophyllon stipulifera - Bolivia, Argentina
  • Koanophyllon subpurpureum - Dominican Republic
  • Koanophyllon tapeinanthum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon tatei - Venezuela
  • Koanophyllon tetranfolium - Jamaica
  • Koanophyllon tetranthum - Jamaica
  • Koanophyllon thysanolepis - S Brazil
  • Koanophyllon tinctorium - S Brazil
  • Koanophyllon tricephalotes - Minas Gerais
  • Koanophyllon tripartitum - Chiapas
  • Koanophyllon triradiatum - Haiti
  • Koanophyllon turquinense - Cuba
  • Koanophyllon villosum - Florida,[6] Greater Antilles
  • Koanophyllon wetmorei - Panamá, Costa Rica

References

  1. ^ Arruda da Cámara, Manuel. 1810. Discurso sobre a utilidade da Instituicao de jardins nas principais provincias do Brasil (Essay on the utility of establishing gardens in the¹principal provinces of Brazil for the cultivation of new plants) 495–496
  2. ^ The International Plant Names Index
  3. ^ a b "Koanophyllon Arruda". Flora of North America.
  4. ^ Reeves, R (1999). "Nickel Hyperaccumulation in the Serpentine Flora of Cuba" (free full text PDF). Annals of Botany. 83 (1): 29–38. doi:10.1006/anbo.1998.0786.
  5. ^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist Archived 2014-11-06 at archive.today
  6. ^ a b c Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
  • photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Brazil in 1880, identified as Koanophyllon tinctorium
Taxon identifiers
Koanophyllon


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