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Jessea

Jessea
Jessea cooperi.jpg
Jessea cooperi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): 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.

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




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