Jaegeria Explained

Jaegeria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae found from Mexico to South America.^{[1] [2]} The name commemorates Georg Friedrich von Jaeger.

Species^{[3] [4]}

• Jaegeria axillaris S.F.Blake - Colombia
• Jaegeria bellidiflora (Moc. & Sessé ex DC.) A.M.Torres & Beaman - Mexico (Michoacán, Puebla, México State, D.F., Hidalgo)
• Jaegeria glabra (S.Watson) B.L.Rob. - Mexico (Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, México State, Querétaro)
• Jaegeria gracilis Hook.f. - Ecuador including Galápagos
• Jaegeria hirta (Lag.) Less. - widespread from Mexico (Chihuahua) to Uruguay
• Jaegeria macrocephala Less. - Mexico (Veracruz, México State, Michoacán, Nayarit, Jalisco
• Jaegeria pedunculata Hook. & Arn. - Mexico (Michoacán, Nayarit, Jalisco)
• Jaegeria purpurascens B.L.Rob. - Mexico (Durango)
• Jaegeria standleyi (Steyerm.) B.L.Turner - Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala
• Jaegeria sterilis McVaugh - Mexico (Jalisco)

Former speciesSeveral species were once considered as belonging to Jaegeria but have now been re-classified into other genera such as Acmella, Galinsoga, Guizotia, or Sphagneticola.

Notes and References

1. Kunth, Karl Sigismund. 1818. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (folio ed.) 4: 218
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40032857 Tropicos, Jaegeria Kunth
3. http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=96f3709e-ce04-48c3-ada5-9d2fa93df6c6 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Jaegeria The Plant List search for Jaegeria