Mexianthus

Mexianthus is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.^[1][2]

Mexianthus
Holotype specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Eupatorieae
Genus:	Mexianthus B.L.Rob.
Species:	M. mexicanus
Binomial name
Mexianthus mexicanus B.L.Rob.

The genus is named in honor of its discoverer, Mexican-American plant collector Ynés Mexía.^[2]

Species

There is only one known species, Mexianthus mexicanus, native to the State of Jalisco in western Mexico.^[3][4][5]

References

1. 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.
2. Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln. 1928. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 80: 5-6 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
3. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
4. The Plant List, Mexianthus mexicanus B.L.Rob.
5. Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 – Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272.