Metastevia

Metastevia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Supertribe: Helianthodae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Metastevia
Grashoff
Binomial name
Metastevia hintonii
Grashoff
Synonyms[1]

Stevia hintonii (Grashoff) B.L.Turner

Metastevia is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family.[2][3][4]

Species[5]

There is only one known species, Metastevia hintonii, native to central Mexico (Guerrero and México State).[4]

References

  1. The International Plant Names Index
  2. 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.
  3. Grashoff, Jerold Lee. 1975. Brittonia 27(1): 69-73
  4. 1 2 Tropicos, Metastevia Grashoff
  5. The Plant List, Metastevia hintonii Grashoff


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