Critonia

Genus of flowering plants

Critonia

Critonia morifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Asterales
Family:  | Asteraceae
Subfamily:  | Asteroideae
Tribe:  | Eupatorieae
Genus:  | Critonia
P.Browne
Type species
Critonia dalea

(L.) DC.

Synonyms[1]

* Dalea P.Browne 1756,[2] rejected name, not Mill. 1754 (Solanaceae) nor L. 1758 (Fabaceae) nor Gaertn. 1788 (Scrophulariaceae) nor P.Browne 1756[3]

Critonia is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae of the family Asteraceae.[2][4][5]

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.[6]

Species

The genus is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.[1]

* Critonia arachnoidea (Legname) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia aromatisans (DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia bartlettii (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia billbergiana (Beurl.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia breedlovei R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia campechensis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia conzattii (Greenm.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia dalea (L.) DC.
* Critonia daleoides DC.
* Critonia dominicensis R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia eggersii (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob. \- Ecuador[7]
* Critonia eriocarpa (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia heathiae B.L.Turner
* Critonia hebebotrya DC.
* Critonia hemipteropoda (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia heteroneura Ernst
* Critonia hospitalis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia iltisii R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia imbricata Griseb.
* Critonia inaequidens (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia lanicaulis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia laurifolia (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia lozanoana (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia macropoda DC.
* Critonia megaphylla (Baker) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia morifolia (Mill.) R.M.King & H.Rob. \- Bolivia[8]
* Critonia naiguatensis (V.M.Badillo) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia nicaraguensis (B.L.Rob.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia nubigenus (Benth.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia paneroi B.L.Turner
* Critonia parviflora (Sw.) DC.
* Critonia peninsularis (Brandegee) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia platychaeta (Urb.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia portoricensis (Urb.) Britton & P.Wilson
* Critonia pseudodalea DC.
* Critonia quadrangularis (DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia sexangularis (Klatt) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia siltepecana (B.L.Turner) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia spinaciifolia (DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia stigmatica (Urb. & Ekman) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia thyrsigera (Hieron.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia thyrsoidea (Moc. ex DC.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia tuxtiae R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia wilburii R.M.King & H.Rob.
* Critonia yashanalensis (Whittem.) R.M.King & H.Rob.

## References

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1. ^ a b Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist  Archived 2014-11-16 at archive.today
2. ^ a b Browne, Patrick. 1756. The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica in Three Parts pages 314-315
3. ^ 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 page 490
5. ^ 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.; Pitman, N. (2003). "Critonia eggersii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2003: e.T43162A10782736. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2003.RLTS.T43162A10782736.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
8. ^ "Critonia morifolia (Mill.) R. M. King & H. Rob". Bolivia checklist.

Taxon identifiers

Critonia|

* Wikidata: Q5186903
* Wikispecies: Critonia
* ButMoth: 7385.0
* CoL: 3VZT
* EoL: 60729
* FNA: 108384
* GBIF: 3088655
* GRIN: 3081
* iNaturalist: 183946
* IPNI: 8440-1
* IRMNG: 1293051
* ITIS: 38846
* NCBI: 506627
* Open Tree of Life: 156686
* PLANTS: CRITO2
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:8440-1
* Tropicos: 40016616
* WFO: wfo-4000009718
* WoRMS: 1076068