Jefea

Jefea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Heliantheae[1]
Genus: Jefea
Strother 1991
Type species
Jefea lantanifolia 1991[2]
(S.Schauer) Strother

Jefea is a genus of North American flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to Mexico and the southwestern United States.[2][3] These are shrubs up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall, with yellow or orange flower heads containing both ray and disc flowers.[4]

Species[1][5]
  1. Jefea brevifolia (A.Gray) Strother - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Texas, New Mexico[6]
  2. Jefea gnaphalioides (A.Gray) Strother - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León
  3. Jefea lantanifolia (S.Schauer) Strother - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo
  4. Jefea pringlei (Greenm.) Strother - Oaxaca, Puebla
formerly included[1]

see Zexmenia

  • Jefea phyllocephala (Hemsl.) Strother - Zexmenia phyllocephala (Hemsl.) Standl. & Steyerm. - Guatemala

References

  1. 1 2 3 Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  2. 1 2 Strother, John Lance 1991. Systematic Botany Monographs 33: 22–23
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Jefea Strother
  4. ↑ Flora of North America, Jefea Strother 1991
  5. ↑ The Plant List search for Jefea
  6. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map


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