Elekmania

Elekmania
Elekmania barahonensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Elekmania
B.Nord.
Type species
E. barahonensis
(Urban) B.Nord.[1]
Species

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Elekmania is a genus of the tribe Senecioneae and the family Asteraceae. All species are endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.[2]

Taxonomy

The genus was first published by Bertil Nordenstam in Compositae Newslett. vol.44 on page 66 in 2006.[2] Most if not all of its members used to be placed in Senecio.

The genus name of Elekmania is in honour of Erik Leonard Ekman (1883–1931), who was a Swedish botanist and explorer that described the majority of Hispaniola's flora.[3]

Species

It includes 9 accepted species;[2]

References

  1. ^ "Elekmania". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  2. ^ a b c "Elekmania B.Nord. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.

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