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Common name

English: Mile-a-minute

German: Chinesischer Sommerefeu

Mandarin: 微甘菊 (wei gan ju)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Asterales (224)

        Family: Asteraceae (223)(family description)

          Genus: Mikania (1)

            Epithet: micrantha Kunth (1)

Synonyms: Eupatorium denticulatum Vahl, Mikania batatifolia DC., Mikania deltoides Poepp., Mikania glechomaefolia Sch.Bip., Mikania orinocensis Kunth

denticulatum => with minute teeth

micrantha => bearing minute flowers

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Mikania micrantha at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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