Nesomia

Nesomia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Supertribe: Helianthodae
Tribe: Eupatorieae
Genus: Nesomia
B.L.Turner
Binomial name
Nesomia chiapensis
B.L.Turner

Nesomia is a genus of Mexican flowering plants in the boneset tribe within the sunflower family.[1][2][3]

The genus is named in honor of American botanist Guy L. Nesom.[1]

Species

The only known species is Nesomia chiapensis, native to the State of Chiapas in southern Mexico.[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 Turner, Billie Lee. 1991. Phytologia 71(3): 208-211 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in English, full-page line drawing of Nesomia chiapensis
  2. D.J.N.Hind & H.E.Robinson. 2007. Tribe Eupatorieae In: The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants vol.VIII. (Joachim W.Kadereit & Charles Jeffrey, volume editors. Klaus Kubitzky, general editor). Springer-Verlag. Berlin, Heidelberg.
  3. Tropicos, Nesomia B.L. Turner
  4. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  5. Turner, B. L. 1997. The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae, vol. 1 -- Eupatorieae. Phytologia Memoirs 11: i–iv, 1–272


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