Chromolaena macrodon

Chromolaena macrodon Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Chromolaena Species: C. macrodon Binomial name Chromolaena macrodon (DC.) Nicolson Synonyms[1] Eupatorium macrodon DC. Osmia macrodon (DC.) Sch. Bip. Chromolaena macrodon is a rare Caribbean species of flowering shrub in the sunflower family. It is found only the Island of Dominica in the Lesser Antilles.[2][3][4] Chromolaena macrodon is a shrub lacking hairs on its herbage. It has opposite leaves with distinct petioles but without glands on the blades. Flower heads are displayed in a flat-topped array.[2] References The Plant List, Chromolaena macrodon (DC.) Nicolson Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de 1836. Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis 5: 145 in Latin Nicolson, Dan Henry 1987. Phytologia 62: 164 Plants of the Eastern Caribbean