Stomatanthes is a genus of African and South American plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3][4]

Stomatanthes
Stomatanthes africanus in Zimbabwe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Stomatanthes
R.M.King & H.Rob.
Type species
Eupatorium africanum
Oliv. & Hieron.

Classification

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Although Stomatanthes is classified in the subtribe Eupatoriinae in the influential 1987 classification of King and Robinson, subsequent research shows that it belongs elsewhere in the tribe Eupatorieae, as it is not closely related to Eupatorium or Eutrochium.[5]

Species

References

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  1. ^ King, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1970. Phytologia 19: 429-430
  2. ^ Tropicos, Stomatanthes R.M. King & H. Rob
  3. ^ Herz, W (2001). "Chemistry of the eupatoriinae". Biochemical Systematics and Ecology. 29 (11): 1115–1137. Bibcode:2001BioSE..29.1115H. doi:10.1016/S0305-1978(01)00056-4.
  4. ^ "Stomatanthes R. M. King & H. Rob". Bolivia Checklist.
  5. ^ Gregory J. Schmidt and Edward E. Schilling (2000). "Phylogeny and biogeography of Eupatorium (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) based on nuclear ITS sequence data". American Journal of Botany. 87 (5): 716–726. doi:10.2307/2656858. JSTOR 2656858. PMID 10811796.
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