''Eupatoriastrum'' is a genus of
flowering plants in the family
Asteraceae.
[ 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. ] It is native to
Mexico and Central America (and found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua).
The genus is named for
Mithridates Eupator
Mithridates or Mithradates VI Eupator ( grc-gre, Μιθραδάτης; 135–63 BC) was ruler of the Kingdom of Pontus in northern Anatolia from 120 to 63 BC, and one of the Roman Republic's most formidable and determined opponents. He was an e ...
, king of
Pontus.
The genus has been verified by the
United States Department of Agriculture and the
Agricultural Research Service
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ARS is one of four agencies in USDA's Research, Education and Economics mission area. ARS is charged with ext ...
, but it does not list any species.
Species
As accepted by
Plants of the World Online
Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. It was launched in March 2017 with the ultimate aim being "to enable users to access information on all the world's known seed-bearing plants by ...
;
* ''
Eupatoriastrum angulifolium''
* ''
Eupatoriastrum chlorostylum''
* ''
Eupatoriastrum corvi''
* ''
Eupatoriastrum johnbeamanii''
* ''
Eupatoriastrum nelsonii''
* ''
Eupatoriastrum pochutlanum''
* ''
Eupatoriastrum triangulare''
References
Other sources
* Turner, B. L. 1994. Systematic study of the genus Eupatoriastrum (Asteraceae, Eupatorieae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 190:113-127.
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Eupatorieae
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Central America
Asteraceae genera