Jessea
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| (unranked): | Angiosperms
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| Tribe: | Senecioneae
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| Genus: | Jessea |
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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
- (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Panamá, Costa Rica
- B.Nord. - Costa Rica
- (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Panamá, Costa Rica
- (Benth. ex Benth.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Costa Rica
References[]
- ^ Robinson, Harold; (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. JSTOR 3391700.
- ^ Tropicos, Jessea H. Rob. & Cuatrec.
- ^ Nordenstam, Rune Bertil. 1996. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 118(2): 148–150, f. 1.
- ^ "Greenman, Jesse More (1867-1951)". JSTOR. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
External links[]
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Categories:
- Asteraceae genera
- Senecioneae
- Flora of Central America
- Senecioneae stubs