Koanophyllon Explained

Koanophyllon is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2] [3]} They are perennials and shrubs (rarely vines or trees) and are native to South America, Central America, the West Indies, Mexico, with a few species range extending into the United States. The flowers are white to pinkish (rarely purple).^[3]

Cuba alone has 21 endemic species, seven of which only grow in serpentine soils, and some of which accumulate minerals such as nickel and manganese.^[4]

Species^[5]

References

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Brazil in 1880, identified as Koanophyllon tinctorium

Notes and References

1. [Manuel Arruda da Câmara|Arruda da Cámara, Manuel]
2. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=329851-2&back_page=%2Fipni%2FeditAdvPlantNameSearch.do%3Ffind_infragenus%3D%26find_geoUnit%3D%26find_includePublicationAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_addedSince%3D%26find_family%3D%26find_genus%3DKoanophyllon%26find_infrafamily%3D%26find_rankToReturn%3Dgen%26find_publicationTitle%3D%26find_authorAbbrev%3D%26find_infraspecies%3D%26find_includeBasionymAuthors%3Dtrue%26find_modifiedSince%3D%26find_species%3D%26output_format%3Dnormal The International Plant Names Index
3. Web site: Koanophyllon Arruda . .
4. free full text PDF . 10.1006/anbo.1998.0786 . Nickel Hyperaccumulation in the Serpentine Flora of Cuba . 1999 . Reeves, R . Annals of Botany . 83 . 29–38 . 1. free .
5. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=AdvNameSearch Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist