Matudina

Matudina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Supertribe: Helianthodae
Tribe: Eupatorieae[1]
Genus: Matudina
R.M.King & H.Rob.
Binomial name
Matudina corvi
(McVaugh) R.M.King & H.Rob.
Synonyms[1]

Matudina is a genus of flowering plants in the boneset tribe within sunflower family.[2][3][4]

The genus is named for Dr. Eizi Matuda (1894-1978) of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.[3]

Species

There is only one known species, Matudina corvi, native to the State of Chiapas in southern Mexico[1][5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  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. 1 2 King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1973. Phytologia 26(3): 170-173, f. 1–2 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English, photos of type herbarium specimen
  4. Tropicos, Matudina R.M. King & H. Rob.
  5. Breedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246.


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