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|accepted_name=Melanthera angustifolia
|accepted_authority=A. Richard in R. de la Sagra
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba,
|place=11: 54. 1850
|year=1850
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae;Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae;Melanthera;Melanthera angustifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subtribe</small>[[Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Melanthera]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Melanthera angustifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 123
|treatment_page=page 125
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>30–90 cm. <b>Stems</b> weakly erect, strigose. <b>Leaf</b> blades usually linear to narrowly oblanceolate, rarely narrowly ovate-elliptic, 3–8 × 0.5–1.5 cm, bases cuneate, margins irregularly serrate, faces sparsely strigose. <b>Heads</b> borne singly. <b>Peduncles</b> 9–20 cm, glabrescent. <b>Involucres</b> 6–12 mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> ovate, 4–5 × 2–3 mm. <b>Paleae</b> 4–5 × 1 mm, apical mucros 0.5–1 mm, straight to slightly recurved. <b>Florets</b> 30–40; corollas 5.5 mm; anther sacs 2 mm. <b>Cypselae</b> 2.5 × 1.5 mm. <b>2n</b> = 30.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jan–Mar (perhaps year-round).
|habitat=Moist to dry, lightly shaded pine flatwoods
|elevation=0–10+ m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico (Yucatan);West Indies (Cuba);Central America.
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name=Melanthera angustifolia
|authority=A. Richard in R. de la Sagra
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering Jan–Mar (perhaps year-round).
|habitat=Moist to dry, lightly shaded pine flatwoods
|elevation=0–10+ m
|distribution=Fla.;Mexico (Yucatan);West Indies (Cuba);Central America.
|reference=None
|publication title=in R. de la Sagra, Hist. Fis. Cuba,
|publication year=1850
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Heliantheae
|subtribe=Asteraceae (tribe Heliantheae) subtribe Ecliptinae
|genus=Melanthera
|species=Melanthera angustifolia
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