Biology:Elekmania
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Elekmania | |
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| Elekmania barahonensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Elekmania B.Nord. |
| Type species | |
| E. barahonensis (Urban) B.Nord.[1]
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Elekmania is a genus of the tribe Senecioneae and the family Asteraceae.
All species are endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus was first published by Bertil Nordenstam in Compositae Newslett. vol.44 on page 66 in 2006.[2] Most if not all of its members used to be placed in Senecio.
The genus name of Elekmania is in honour of Erik Leonard Ekman (1883–1931), who was a Swedish botanist and explorer.[3]
Species
It includes 9 accepted species;[2]
- Elekmania barahonensis (Urb.) B.Nord.
- Elekmania buchii (Urb.) B.Nord.
- Elekmania fuertesii (Urb.) B.Nord.
- Elekmania haitiensis (Krug & Urb.) B.Nord.
- Elekmania kuekenthalii (Urb. & Ekman) B.Nord.
- Elekmania marciana (Urb. & Ekman) B.Nord.
- Elekmania picardae (Krug & Urb.) B.Nord.
- Elekmania samanensis (Urb.) B.Nord.
- Elekmania stenodon (Urb.) B.Nord.
References
- ↑ "Elekmania". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 2006-02-20. http://botany.si.edu/ing/INGsearch.cfm?searchword=Elekmania. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Elekmania B.Nord. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60442035-2.
- ↑ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022) (in German) (pdf). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5358735 entry
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