Jessea

Jessea
Jessea cooperi
Scientific classification
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. – Panama, Costa Rica
• Jessea gunillae B.Nord. – Costa Rica
• Jessea megaphylla (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. – Panama, Costa Rica
• Jessea multivenia (Benth. ex Benth.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. – Costa Rica

References

1. Robinson, Harold; José Cuatrecasas (Spring 1994). "Jessea and Talamancalia, Two New Genera of the Senecioneae (Asteraceae) from Costa Rica and Panama". Novon. 4 (1). Missouri Botanical Garden Press: 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.