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Jacmaia

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Jacmaia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Jacmaia
B.Nord.
Species:
J. incana
Binomial name
Jacmaia incana
Synonyms[1]

Cineraria incana Sw.

Jacmaia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family.[2][3] This generic name is an anagram derived from Jamaica.[4]

Systematics

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The genus Jacmaia comprises only one recognized species, Jacmaia incana, native to Jamaica.[1][5]

The following species, formerly included in Jacmaia,[1] are now subsumed in Jessea and Odontocline:

References

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  1. ^ a b c Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. ^ Nordenstam, Rune Bertil. 1978. Opera Botanica 44: 64–66, f. 30
  3. ^ Tropicos, Jacmaia B. Nord.
  4. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018-06-06). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée (in German). Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin. p. J2. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.
  5. ^ The International Plant Names Index