Jessea

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

Jessea
Jessea cooperi
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Jessea

H.Rob & Cuatrec (1994)
Type species
Jessea multivenia

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

Species

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. JSTOR 3391700.
  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. Retrieved November 28, 2014.

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