Jessea Explained

Jessea is a genus of Central American plants in the tribe Senecioneae within the sunflower family, closely related to Senecio.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The genus is named in honor of US botanist Jesse More Greenman (1867-1951), formerly of the Missouri Botanical Garden.^[4]

Species

• Jessea cooperi (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Panamá, Costa Rica
• Jessea gunillae B.Nord. - Costa Rica
• Jessea megaphylla (Greenm.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Panamá, Costa Rica
• Jessea multivenia (Benth. ex Benth.) H.Rob. & Cuatrec. - Costa Rica

Notes and References

1. Robinson . Harold . Harold E. Robinson. José Catrecasas . Jessea and Talamancalia, Two New Genera of the Senecioneae (Asteraceae) from Costa Rica and Panama . Novon. 4. 1 . 48–52 . Missouri Botanical Garden Press . Spring 1994. 10.2307/3391700. 3391700. José Catrecasas .
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40038183 Tropicos, Jessea H. Rob. & Cuatrec.
3. Nordenstam, Rune Bertil. 1996. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 118(2): 148–150, f. 1.
4. Web site: Greenman, Jesse More (1867-1951). JSTOR. November 28, 2014.