Jaumea

Jaumea
Jaumea carnosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Tageteae[1]
Genus: Jaumea
Pers.
Type species
Jaumea linearis
Pers. 1807
Synonyms[1]

Coinogyne Less.

Jaumea is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3] The plants are sprawling perennial herbs branching mostly from the base. Flower heads are yellow, with disc flowers and also usually with ray flowers.[4]

The genus is named for French botanist J. H. Jaume St. Hilaire, 1772–1845.[4]

Species[1][5]
  1. Jaumea carnosa (Less.) A.Gray - British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California, Baja California, Sonora, Jalisco
  2. Jaumea chevalieri O.Hoffm. - tropical Africa
  3. Jaumea helenae Buscal. & Muschl. - Zimbabwe
  4. Jaumea linearifolia (Juss.) DC. - Uruguay, northeastern Argentina
  5. Jaumea linearis Pers. - Brazil
  6. Jaumea peduncularis (Hook. & Arn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Oliv. - Jalisco
  7. Jaumea rotundifolia Mattf. - Cameroon

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ↑ Persoon, Christiaan Hendrik. 1807. Synopsis plantarum,seu Enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum 2: 397 in Latin
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Jaumea Pers.
  4. 1 2 Flora of North America, Jaumea Persoon, 1807.
  5. ↑ The Plant List search for Jaumea
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