Chromolaena borinquensis explained

Chromolaena borinquensis, the limestone thoroughwort, is a West Indian species of flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, part of the United States.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The epithet borinquensis is derived from a Latinized version of the word Borikén, indigenous Taíno name for the island.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Britton, Nathaniel Lord 1925. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 6: 288, as Osmia borinquensis
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13040389#page/211/mode/1up King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1970. Phytologia 20: 199
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/2709749 Tropicos, Chromolaena borinquensis (Britton) R.M. King & H. Rob.
4. http://www.taino-tribe.org/terms1.htm#anchor250018 Dictionary: Taino Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean