Shafera Explained

Shafera is a monotypic genus of plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family.^{[1] [2]}

The only known species is Shafera platyphylla, which is native to Cuba.^{[3] [4]}

The genus name of Shafera is in honour of John Adolph Shafer (1863–1918), an American botanist.^[5] The Latin specific epithet of platyphylla is a compound word, with 'platy-' derived from Greek word (platús) meaning flat and broad, and also '-phylla' meaning leaf.^[6] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. (Series 2) page 327 in 1912.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Greenman, Jesse More. 1912. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 2(8): 327
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40036072 Tropicos, Shafera Greenm.
3. https://archive.today/20150115010351/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/Default.aspx?Page=NameSearch&searchText=Shafera Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
4. Web site: Shafera Greenm. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 13 December 2021 . en.
5. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.
6. Book: Harrison, Lorraine . RHS Latin for Gardeners . 2012 . Mitchell Beazley . United Kingdom . 978-1845337315 .