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Mexianthus

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

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

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

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln. 1928. Contributions from the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 80: 5-6 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
^ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
^ The Plant List, Mexianthus mexicanus B.L.Rob.
^ 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.

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Mexianthus is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.

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

Species

There is only one known species, Mexianthus mexicanus, native to the State of Jalisco in western Mexico.