Critonia

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Genus of flowering plants

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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

| image = Critonia morifolia.jpg | image_caption = Critonia morifolia | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Critonia | authority = P.Browne | type_species_authority = (L.) DC. | type_species = Critonia dalea | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = * Dalea P.Browne 1756, rejected name, not Mill. 1754 (Solanaceae) nor L. 1758 (Fabaceae) nor Gaertn. 1788 (Scrophulariaceae) nor P.Browne 1756

Critonia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae of the family Asteraceae.

The most notable trait that characterizes the genus is the presence of pellucid punctations caused by internal secretory pockets of the leaves - to be seen these must be viewed with a hand lens while holding the leaf up to light in most species of the genus. Most species of Critonia also have smooth opposite leaves, a shrubby habit, unenlarged style bases, relatively few (3-5) flowers per head, and imbricate involucres.

; Species The genus is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.

References

References

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  2. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11267760#page/329/mode/1up Browne, Patrick. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts pages 314-315]
  3. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11267760#page/504/mode/1up Browne, Patrick. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts page 239]
  4. Browne, Patrick. (1756). "The civil and natural history of Jamaica : in three parts. In three dissertations. The whole illustrated with fifty copper-plates : in which the most curious productions are represented of the natural size, and delineated immediately from the objects". Printed for the author, and sold by T. Osborne and J. Shipton in Gray's-Inn.
  5. [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40016616 Tropicos, ''Critonia'' P. Browne ]
  6. King, R. M. and H. Robinson. 1987. The genera of the Eupatorieae (Asteraceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany, Missouri Botanical Garden 22: 1-581.
  7. Montúfar, R.. (2003). "''Critonia eggersii''".
  8. "Critonia morifolia (Mill.) R. M. King & H. Rob.". Bolivia checklist.

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