Chromolaena borinquensis, the limestone thoroughwort, is a species of flowering vine in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the island of Puerto Rico.Britton, Nathaniel Lord 1925. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 6: 288, as Osmia borinquensisKing, Robert Merrill & Robinson, Harold Ernest. 1970. Phytologia 20: 199Tropicos, Chromolaena borinquensis (Britton) R.M. King & H. Rob.
The epithet borinquensis is derived from a Latinized version of the word Boriquen, Indigenous Taíno name for the island.Dictionary: Taino Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean Retrieved: February 21, 2008. (Based on the encyclopedia Clásicos de Puerto Rico, 2nd edition. Ed. Cayetano Coll y Toste. Ediciones Latinoamericanas, S.A., 1972.).
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