''Koanophyllon'' is a genus of plants in the family
Asteraceae.
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).
Cuba alone has 21
endemic species, seven of which only grow in
serpentine soil
Serpentine soil is an uncommon soil type produced by weathered ultramafic rock such as peridotite and its metamorphic derivatives such as serpentinite. More precisely, serpentine soil contains minerals of the serpentine subgroup, especially anti ...
s, and some of which accumulate minerals such as
nickel and
manganese.
; Species
Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
References
photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Brazil in 1880, identified as ''Koanophyllon tinctorium''
Asteraceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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