Zemisia

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Zemisia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Zemisia
B.Nord.

Zemisia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae. [1] The genus was circumscribed by Rune Bertil Nordenstam in Compositae News Lett. vol.44 on page 72 in 2006. [1]

It is native to southern Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Jamaica. [1]

The genus name of Zemisia is in reference to Zemi, a deity or ancestral spirit, and a sculptural object housing the spirit, among the Taíno people of the Caribbean. [2]

Species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Zemisia B.Nord. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.