Biology:Jessea

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae

Jessea
Jessea cooperi.jpg
Jessea cooperi
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Jessea
H.Rob & Cuatrec (1994)
Type species
Jessea multivenia
(Benth. ex Benth.) H.Rob & Cuatrec

Jessea is a genus of Central American plants in the tribe Senecioneae within the sunflower family, closely related to Senecio.[1][2][3]

The genus is named in honor of US botanist Jesse More Greenman (1867-1951), formerly of the Missouri Botanical Garden.[4]

Species
  • Jessea cooperi (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Panamá, Costa Rica
  • Jessea gunillae B.Nord. - Costa Rica
  • Jessea megaphylla (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Panamá, Costa Rica
  • Jessea multivenia (Benth. ex Benth.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Costa Rica

References

  1. Robinson, Harold; José Catrecasas (Spring 1994). "Jessea and Talamancalia, Two New Genera of the Senecioneae (Asteraceae) from Costa Rica and Panama". Novon (Missouri Botanical Garden Press) 4 (1): 48–52. doi:10.2307/3391700. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/20907. 
  2. Tropicos, Jessea H. Rob. & Cuatrec.
  3. Nordenstam, Rune Bertil. 1996. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 118(2): 148–150, f. 1.
  4. "Greenman, Jesse More (1867-1951)". JSTOR. http://plants.jstor.org/person/bm000003169. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5232198 entry