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Jessea
Sign in to saveJessea is a genus of Central American plants in the tribe Senecioneae within the sunflower family, closely related to Senecio.
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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Jessea, and connects out to Panama, Costa Rica and plant.
It is catalogued under topics including Asteraceae genera, Flora of Central America and Senecioneae.
Vinony links it to 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAsterales
- FamilyAsteraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Collections
- CHRB, MO, BRIT
- Recorded in
- Costa Rica
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Asteraceae
- Image
- Jessea cooperi.jpg
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Jessea is a genus of Central American plants in the tribe Senecioneae within the sunflower family, closely related to Senecio.
The genus is named in honor of US botanist Jesse More Greenman (1867-1951), formerly of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jessea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.