genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of shrubs in the family
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...
, native to the
Greater Antilles
The Greater Antilles ( es, Grandes Antillas or Antillas Mayores; french: Grandes Antilles; ht, Gwo Zantiy; jam, Grieta hAntiliiz) is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and ...
Beryl Simpson
Beryl Brintnall Simpson (born April 28, 1942)Ancestry.com. ''Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997'' atabase on-line Provo, UT, US: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. is a professor emerita in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Te ...
, of the
University of Texas
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...
Berylsimpsonia crassinervis
''Proustia'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to the Greater Antilles.
The genus is named for Dr. Beryl Simpson, of the University of Texas.
; Species
* '' Berylsimpsonia crassinervis'' (Urb.) B.L.Turner - Hispaniola
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'' (Urb.) B.L.Turner -
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...
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Berylsimpsonia vanillosma
''Proustia'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Asteraceae, native to the Greater Antilles.
The genus is named for Dr. Beryl Simpson, of the University of Texas.
; Species
* ''Berylsimpsonia crassinervis'' (Urb.) B.L.Turner - Hispaniola
* '' B ...
'' (C.Wright) B.L.Turner -
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
,
Haiti
Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
,
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated ...