Jefea is a genus of North American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Mexico and the southwestern United States.[1][2] These are shrubs up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall, with yellow or orange flower heads containing both ray and disc flowers.[3]
| Jefea | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Subtribe: | Ecliptinae |
| Genus: | Jefea Strother 1991 |
| Type species | |
| Jefea lantanifolia 1991[1] | |
- Jefea brevifolia (A.Gray) Strother - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Texas, New Mexico[6]
- Jefea gnaphalioides (A.Gray) Strother - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León
- Jefea lantanifolia (S.Schauer) Strother - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo
- Jefea pringlei (Greenm.) Strother - Oaxaca, Puebla
- formerly included[4]
see Zexmenia
- Jefea phyllocephala (Hemsl.) Strother - Zexmenia phyllocephala (Hemsl.) Standl. & Steyerm. - Guatemala
References
edit- 1 2 Strother, John Lance 1991. Systematic Botany Monographs 33: 22–23
- ↑ Tropicos, Jefea Strother
- ↑ Flora of North America, Jefea Strother 1991
- 1 2 "Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist". Retrieved 2014-12-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ The Plant List search for Jefea
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map
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